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Have you ever thought your plane was going down?

February 21, 2012
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There have been times where I was white-knuckling it on a plane — small plane, drops in altitude, lots of turbulence, hard landings, etc.  I never thought though, “Damn…this is it.”  Close, and I don’t know why but it’s always near Houston…

Have you ever thought your plane was going down?

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  1. bethanyjordan

    Nope. I’ve got six flights to go on this year (double that if you count the transfers), I hope my luck lasts.

  2. al3x

    -yup!, especially when doing yoga

  3. judith

    I was on a Southwest flight a couple of years ago that made an “unscheduled” landing because it started to rain and the plane’s windshield wipers were non-functional! (apparently they knew this before takeoff, but were hoping there would be no rain!)
    Isn’t that pathetic?…..Needless to say, I have not flown Southwest again.

  4. eastsider

    Yes, and I consider that experience my spiritual awakening.

    I’m not religious per se, except when I experienced terrible turbulence on a flight that literally popped me out of the seat several times — good thing for seat belts. People on the plane were screaming and hiding their faces. I remember just closing my eyes, and thinking “God, I accept your will for me.” And while I don’t believe there is some old man in the sky making choices for us, I had to acknowledge that I must have a fundamental belief in some higher power because my reaction was pure, there was no time for my logic and skepticism to get in the way.

  5. celestevoce

    Only on a bad AA landing in Dallas. It was far too bumpy for comfort.

  6. dangerousideas

    Had an ultra-light (basically a lawn-chair with a lawnmower engine, overhead propellor and buggy wheels) fail at about 6,000 feet. Had to deploy my “pocket rocket” and parachute down. Ultralight impaled itself at the top of a tall thicket of trees, I landed in a muddy duck pond. Luckily my cell phone was still working.

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