Plane crashes / investigations

[Upintheair83]

I love watching aircraft investigation! I actually am cabin crew but I used to be terrified of flying before I did the job But I find it fascinating. I never feel scared up in the air anymore-I’m more scared in a car. My partner is a pilot and I never worry when he goes to work either - I worry more when I know hes tired and driving home.
But like some of you on here I have a lot of vivid dreams about planes crashing. It’s always outside my childhood home and it either crashes into a field or I see it falling out of the sky. I have it quite often and leaves me unsettled. I have no idea what it means!

Also -as crew it’s frustrating when I watched back the footage of the aircraft that burst into flames on the runway of BA aircraft in Las Vegas- the passengers were all evacuating the aircraft with their bags/ luggage. This is so important to leave behind, I can’t stress this enough. We only have 90 seconds to try and clear an aircraft and it really is the difference between life and death. I know it’s natural to want to get your belongings but don’t do it at the risk of someone else’s life.

 

[Definitelyme]

I would say I am overly interested in plane crashes I’ve watched a lot of air crash investigation and seconds from disaster (I enjoy all of it, not just the crashes).

The ones I find most interesting are ones which seem to just disappear, and they struggle to find out what happened.

 

[sleepflowers]

I often think of that poor woman who was sucked out of an aircraft window ... what an awful way to go! (https://www.archive.is/oldest/https...ncy-southwest-landing-engine-explosion-latest)

Amazingly this happened to a pilot once and he survived, the other pilots held onto his legs thinking he was dead! I never forget watching the documentary about it

Heroic story of pilot sucked out of plane window

A striking image of a pilot hanging from the window of his BAC 1-11 has gone viral online

www.nzherald.co.nz

 

[bubbadabut]

Me and my husband have watched countless episodes of Seconds From Disaster/Air Crash Investigation that we truly believe could get a stricken plane down safely with our combined acquired knowledge. We definitely know our ailerons from our flaperons thanks to those shows. And always make sure your pito tubes are unblocked

 

[Hc68759]

A woman I worked with when I lived in London’s fiancé was on the plane that crashed over the Atlantic going from Rio De Janeiro to Paris :-( I watched the air crash investigation episode of it and it was so sad as it was all down to pilot error and could have been avoided

 

[Pinkblush]

I've watched a lot of aircrash investigation but its always the causes that leave me stunned and also sad because most are avoidable.
I'm always surprised at how the smallest of actions like missiing a small screw or pilot error on such a basic action leads to such a devastating loss of lives.
I worked with a man whose parents died in the klm/pan am in tenerife.

Even though most are horrific the ones that get to me the most are the ones where passengers know its not going to end good, where its drawn out rather than quick like germawings and 9/11.

 

[Milliehaha123]

When I’m super stressed I also dream about being in a plane crash.. it’s horrendous!!
I think the ones I’m most disturbed by are:

- Tenerife disaster - basically caused by an impatient pilot

- MH17 being shot down. Must have been terrifying onboard

- the German suicide so sad and there were loads of school children onboard too.

I recently flew in the states and honestly the plane was the worst thing I’ve ever seen. The whole nose was bashed in / paint completely chipped off, it felt about a million years old and the whole thing creaked so much when taking off. Never again

 

[Hc68759]

Are you a nervous flyer? I’ve watched so many episodes of air crash investigation now that I feel extremely tense when I fly. It would be such a dramatic and terrifying way to die

 

[Barbie2020]

I’m a nervous flyer and my worst nightmare is crashing into the sea rather than land. I don’t know why I always have a couple of drinks to settle my nerves.

I would love to know what happened to MH370 it drives me mad not knowing.

Before Covid happened we wanted to go to Hawaii as part of our honeymoon but I was in two minds because it’s just flying over the sea for 5 hours and that makes me feel nervous. I’m weird

 

[Noseyoldcow]

I always have to wear trainers or “proper shoes” on a flight? Never a flip flop cause if we crash into mountains or some shit a flip flops gonna be no good?

 

[sleepflowers]

I always remember the other Malaysia crash in 2014, MH17, where it got shot down. That one really scared me! And all the bodies and personal items strewn over the fields below...scary. I'm definitely not a keen flyer but thankfully I can very rarely go abroad

 

[Milliehaha123]

Hey all,
This is a bit of a weird topic but myself and my friends have a weird fixation with plane crashes and their investigations... so I wondered if anyone on here shares our (morbid) fascination.

I’ve just read on the news today about a plane in Colorado having to make an emergency landing after an engine exploded mid flight, thankfully no one was hurt but looks terrifying in the video!!

 

[Giggling Squid]

Generally not something I’m particularly obsessed with but I do have a weird fascination with another forum where pilots and the like discuss crashes etc. MH370 fascinates me though, I’ve spent hours of my life reading all sorts of conspiracy theories, mostly crazy but I can’t help myself

 

[Bellaboo83]

Me too!

My MH370 theory is that it was taken over remotely (same as I believe the 9/11 planes were) and flown to a remote air base where the people they needed 'eliminating' were dealt with (along with everyone else on board) then the plane dismantled and re purposed. I think the group they wanted rid of were the IT guys / patent holders, I forget who the patent went to by default but when I found out I said 'aaaahh makes sense' . When the Boeing remote system takes over it shuts down the entire comms system, taking away the pilots ability to communicate to ATcontrol and takes the plane off radar. If you're into conspiracies one of the regulars on the conspiracy thread posted a link to Rebakah Roth's YouTube channel, she was an American air hostess (predominantly interested in 9/11) she said it was common knowledge Boeing were selling remote flying technology up to 25 years ago.

I'm a very nervous flyer too, if I'm stressed I often dream about being in plane crashes

 

[Crunky_Snack]

YES honestly I live for this stuff! Been an obsessive Air Crash Investigation/Seconds From Disaster gal for over a decade Wanted to be an air traffic controller since I was a kid but I absolutely don’t trust my maths skills

 

[Milliehaha123]

A woman I worked with when I lived in London’s fiancé was on the plane that crashed over the Atlantic going from Rio De Janeiro to Paris :-( I watched the air crash investigation episode of it and it was so sad as it was all down to pilot error and could have been avoided

This one is one of the ones which terrifies me most as like you said it could have been avoided so easily! Such a horrible chain of events

I would say I am overly interested in plane crashes I’ve watched a lot of air crash investigation and seconds from disaster (I enjoy all of it, not just the crashes).

The ones I find most interesting are ones which seem to just disappear, and they struggle to find out what happened.

What do you think happened to the Malaysia air? I’m honestly far too invested in it

 

[Definitelyme]

When I’m super stressed I also dream about being in a plane crash.. it’s horrendous!!
I think the ones I’m most disturbed by are:

I quite often dream about seeing a plane crash, like it happens in the street in front of my house. I have often said to my husband that I would like to see a plane crashing- but obviously nobody getting hurt (I’m not a psycho!!). I just think it would be fascinating

 

[Hc68759]

I love watching aircraft investigation! I actually am cabin crew but I used to be terrified of flying before I did the job But I find it fascinating. I never feel scared up in the air anymore-I’m more scared in a car. My partner is a pilot and I never worry when he goes to work either - I worry more when I know hes tired and driving home.
But like some of you on here I have a lot of vivid dreams about planes crashing. It’s always outside my childhood home and it either crashes into a field or I see it falling out of the sky. I have it quite often and leaves me unsettled. I have no idea what it means!

Also -as crew it’s frustrating when I watched back the footage of the aircraft that burst into flames on the runway of BA aircraft in Las Vegas- the passengers were all evacuating the aircraft with their bags/ luggage. This is so important to leave behind, I can’t stress this enough. We only have 90 seconds to try and clear an aircraft and it really is the difference between life and death. I know it’s natural to want to get your belongings but don’t do it at the risk of someone else’s life.

If I had to evacuate a plane quickly I’d be leaving all of my stuff behind and trying to get out as fast as possible incase it blew up

 

[1001 others]

I often think of that poor woman who was sucked out of an aircraft window ... what an awful way to go! (https://www.archive.is/oldest/https...ncy-southwest-landing-engine-explosion-latest)

Re. MH370, I'll post a couple of things here which verge on conspiracy / 'out there' stuff as a spoiler ... if you want to read, click on it (but be aware that it discusses the fate of those onboard); if you're not interested, just scroll on by .

Spoiler

There are many theories, but a couple that keep coming up. 1) MH370 was taken to Diego Garcia and those onboard who had knowledge about a new form of technology were grilled, before being disposed of (once they passed, Jacob Rothschild became the patent owner). MH370 was then flown to Amsterdam, dead bodies intact where it was rebranded as MH17, which then got shot down ... which explains why the bodies were 'old looking' (drained of blood and decomposing). The MH17 plane had an extra window next to the second right-side door, which MH370 did not - and neither did the wreckage. This does not explain what became of those said to have perished in MH17, but some believe those people didn't even exist. 2) MH370 flew into a vortex and is stuck there until such time as a geographical event changes the flow of the vortex (sounds a bit like that TV show "Manifest"), at which point the passengers will return to earth and suffer psychological turmoil as nothing here resembles that which they remember. There was so much of this stuff on the 'net up until about a year ago, but it's pretty much all been scrubbed. The aviation practice scene set-up in the pilot's home was all done after the fact to conceal what really happened.

 

[What's your point]

Another plan crash obsessive here. Used to be on a pilot's forum years ago discussing plane safety and crashes (stayed in touch with a couple of the pilots on it and a few others that were just strange like me ).

I have a huge fear of flying and to be honest cant see me getting on one again now as my fear has got worse over time not better.

The big one for me is MH370, read all the conspiracy theories etc.... but think it will be a lot more simple than that.

German wings was truly horrific as was the Air France disaster.

I get unsettled when planes fly above and have to watch until they are out of sight safely.

Cant understand how people can fly regularly as the anxiety it causes even from booking a flight is ridiculous (I had hypnotherapy for it but we had to call it a day half way through as the police helicopter was circling above the therapists office and I couldnt relax )