Already Scary #2 – Airplane Turbulence
May 19th, 2008 by Jon
Thousands, if not millions of people in the world are scared of flying. And can you blame them? You are in a giant piece of machinery filled with jet engine fuel about 35,000 feet in the air. But even if you are not afraid of flying, there is something about flying that can scare just about all of us… Airplane Turbulence.
Anytime I have been flying, there is nothing that makes my heart beat jump more than a sudden jolt of the entire airplane. It is almost like the airplane is having an earthquake… at 35,000 feet in the air. And often times it does not stop after just one jolt. The jolts keep coming and they get bigger! If you get it real bad, you may even be lifted out of your seat by the strength of the turbulence. Add on top of this a mob mentality of fear on the plane, and the turbulence can cause a few very scary moments.
Statistically airplane turbulence virtually never lead to an airplane crash, but it definitely feels like it could when the plane begins to jerk and jolt and move violently in the air. Despite it’s relative harmlessness, airplane turbulence is a scary thing.
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i had a very bad experience july 2oo7 coming home from corfu the turbulence was horrible we dropped down a few thousand feet without warning and it frightened the life out of me.i said that i would never fly again but with a bit of medication from my doc im going to corfu again on the 4th of july 2008.
Yikes, I have never expierienced that kind of turbulence before, but from the little that I have experienced, I know that would be super scary.
Kudos to you for doing what you have to do to overcome that fear.