I have lost a family member because of an airplane and im flying soon!
I’m very terrified!
What do i do?
Im flying to colorado from louisiana!
It will take about 4 and a half hours!
My best friend will be there and i know i can trust her but my family wont be there and i will miss my mother!
No, flying is magnificent. First there is the excitement of getting to your destination, then as the plane speeds down the runway there is the thrust as it zooms up into the air. It is exhilarating, and the view is magnificent. If you divide your time into parts on the flight such as 15 minutes to settle in, 2 hours for movie, half hour to eat, half hour to sit and ponder your trip, etc, the time will pass quickly. You can always chat to people as well – usually outside the toilets near the wing of the plane is good social place. If you are worried, just fly with an airline that has a good track record.
For example if the window is missing or there is a small hole while the plane is in the air, will it cause people to be sucked out the window or the plane to crash? Please backup your answers with sources, I seen this on Mythbusters once but I can’t find any solid proof!
small hole or window, usually is not enough to bring down aircraft. unrestrained people can be sucked out, if the hole is big enough.
a Hawaiian based airline had a plane thet lost a huge section of the fuselage, it landed OK. it was about 10 years ago.
this is a pic of the aloha airlines plane,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Flight_243
During airplane takeoff and landing, why are passengers asked to open their window lid??
I’m an ex-Flight Attendant and we were told in training to make sure the window shades were open during take-off and landing for several reasons.
First, the interior lighting should match outside as much as possible for take-off and landing, which is helped by opening the shades. We had to adjust the cabin lighting accordingly, such as a full-bright for a daytime landing or completely off for a night landing.
This means time isn’t lost during an evacuation when people are either blinded by the outside light or need a second to adjust to the dark. Although it can’t be matched exactly but even a slight adjustment either way can help.
Second, in a crash, the emergency lights should go on. Even if they didn’t, the passengers would have any outside light to help them find an exit. It would help their orientation. In either case, having as much outside light as possible, logically, is helpful.
Lastly, after the evacuation, any rescue personel from outside can see inside the cabin more easily, to see if anyone is trapped inside.
There have been claims that it’s so that the authorities can do a "body count" after a crash by looking through the windows. This is so absurd and illogical, it doesn’t merit comment. This appeared in a book which was meant to be a comedy on the airline industry but it wasn’t very accurate on many points and now some believe this to be fact.
Another small plus, which isn’t the reason for the rule, but if anyone gets airsick, it’s better if they can see outside. On descent, you can get stuck in a "holding pattern", where the plane flies in circles because it can’t yet land. This is not fun for those who are prone to get motion sickness. Seeing the ground, even if far below, helps equalize their inner-ear balance.
Please let me remind you that in an emergency evacuation, do NOT grab any of your bags. As soon as the plane comes to a complete stop, follow crew members’, and only crew members’, instructions. If you are supposed to get out, do so and don’t take anything with you.
If there is someone else having trouble exiting their seats, evaluate the situation and only help if you can do so quickly. In most cases, it’s better to take note of the location, evacuate yourself and immediately tell any rescue personel on the ground and/or crew members where the help if needed.
Hopefully that’s information you never need to use! Just a small public service message…that could save your life!
It’s nice to have the window shades down during the flight but for take-off and landing, the most dangerous portions of the flight, it’s more practical to have them up. Everyone really should be awake at those times anyway so even if the sun is in their eyes, they’ll be on the ground shortly anyway.
Don’t be afraid to ask the crew any emergency or procedural questions next time you fly!
Bolivian TV channel PAT has been left looking a bit daft after broadcasting extraordinary images of the last moments of Air France flight 447, lost over the Atlantic on 1 June:
According to the report, the snaps were retrieved from a recovered Casio Z750, which was subsequently traced via the serial number to its owner – “Paulo G. Muller, an actor from a well-known children’s theatre on the outskirts of Porto Alegre”.
In fact, the camera can be traced to ABC Studios and sharp-eyed readers will notice that the photographs feature well-known actress Evangeline Lilly, aka Kate Austen from TV series Lost.
PAT has fallen hook, line and sinker for a hoax email, and to add to its embarrassment, has failed to appreciate that while the flight 447 disaster occurred at night, the images represent the daytime fictional break-up of Oceanic Flight 815
Update: According to a Digg commenter, the newscaster explains that the camera was destroyed, but the memory card was somehow recovered.
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The passengers that survived the airplane emergency landing in the river because it lost the engines because of a bird strike, they were each already given $5,000 by the airline. But they want more money….
They should be happy to be alive, they should be all giving that money to the pilot for saving their sorry asses…
Just Americans trying to get more money no matter how low they can get?
The only thing those people are owed is a clean pair of underwear.