Flown into San Juan many times. Was always a rough ride. One time, around 1994, we were on a massive plane. This was on Continental Airlines back in the days before 9/11, when it was comfortable to fly for everyone and you got 2 hot meals on a 5 hour flight. We got bumped to first class and hit turbulence near PR. Luggage bins were opening and bags were falling. My grandmother started saying her prayers and people were crying. Another flight I took in 2016 from Tampa to St Louis. 90 minutes, turbulence and thunder storming every second. Everyone sat in silence. Flight attendants never got up. That flight changed me forever. Was never able to fly again without anxiety meds.
Don't be fearful of flying. Or turbulence. The plane is literally designed to handle turbulence you will likely NEVER encounter, so what you DO encounter, will not harm the plane itself. If you stay belted in, you likely won't sustain any injuries if something gets knocked around. Think of it like someone going fast over a bumpy road. It's no worse than that.
@@adrunkgorillawithalobotomy353 I'm not afraid of turbulence mid flight, I'm afraid of random problems during takeoff. Planes have been crashing during takeoff for a variety of reasons, from pilots forgetting to extend the flaps, thus killing 150 people, to the stabilizer breaking apart, random explosive decompressions, birds flying in the engines (US airways 1549 had to land in the Hudson because of birds, and it could have gone very wrong) and wake turbulence. When people say "turbulence can't bring down a plane" they probably forget 430 people died because of wake turbulence in two different plane crashes. I know ariplanes are safe, but it's unnerving to know that a single distraction from a pilot or a maintenance worker can kill hundreds of people.
You don't have to worry much about flaps or takeoff settings anymore - there are automated systems and alarms to make sure the plane is properly configured for takeoff, with alarms nobody could ignore if it is not.@@monsieurbaguette6191
Looked like a normal flight to me. Also, turbulence is rarely dangerous. If ever. It can be if people are not seated, but a plane will not crash from turbulence alone.
Perhaps to him it was frightening. Lighten up. It’s an unnerving experience; everyone has their thresholds. I literally panic if the plane so much as shudders.
I can think of at least 1/2doz flights, if not more, where the question of dying came up in my mind. In each case I experienced, the passengers were either screaming or praying. I was one of the white knuckled silent type, what's the point of screaming. Sit back, relax, take a mind toke, if it's today then so be it. One could compare it to a Roller Coaster, just without ones normal feeling of safety. In one instance, I witnessed over 250 passengers who had disembarked from the aircraft after a terrifying landing. All of the passengers were in groups of 10-20, and all were either sobbing or crying. I just found a seat and pondered my life.
You actually have a better chance of dying on a roller coaster. Anyone can operate one of those. In a plane, you have two very experienced, well-trained, well educated pilots at the controls. You have far more safety in a plane than a roller coaster.
Yeah same. When I was scared I couldn’t make a scream, neither I cried. I just froze into my seat and held my breath thinking “welp this might be it for me today”. I don’t think I even cared for other people screaming, it almost felt like I was in a bubble and everything that surrounded me went absolutely silent (tho it actually didn’t). That was a very interesting experience.
That's not turbulence. The plane does have to MOVE as it flies otherwise it would stall and fall out of the sky. And even if it WAS turbulence, it's not threatening to the plane itself. People get hurt during it because they don't keep their seatbelts on. Seatbelts could prevent 99 percent of turbulence related injuries. It's uncomfortable, but they make you put your belts back on during every little bump, anyway, so why not just keep them on? No, that was not turbulence, certainly not "heavy". If that's what you think is heavy, I hope you never encounter the real thing. You'll crap yourself.
