Why is flying so scary to people. I dont think its that bad and it shouldnt be the most feared thing in the world, should it?

well it shouldnt be scary but if ur flyin in the aair and sumthin goes wrong then basically ur gonna fall and hu knows wat'll happen

yeah, you have a better chance of being in a car accident on the way to the airport then on the plane. and your right. if the wing falls of at 30,000ft, well, your dead.

ya so thats y ppl are probably so scared to fly but i've been on a plane at least 6 times already and thank god it never happened

Flying is actually the safest way to travel at this point in time.


You're more likely to be in a car craxh in a day in a car then on a plane for a day.


its being in a car you should be scared of.

no but if u get in a car crash u might break some bones or not even break anything but in a plane crash then thats it.....ur dead

not nessicarly. there was a case when a ALOHA AIR 737-200ds entire celling ripped of. the pilots took control and landed safly. there was 1 person missing. a flight attendint. ill try and find a scorce. i saw it on NGC natinal geo channal.

ya but im sayin that if u crash as in like crash into the ocean or a building or another airplane then ur dead....for sure

no in the ocean. yes in cases where the planes wing falls of or something, or gets istakin for a USA plane over soviet airspace and gets shot down. but pilots train to regain control and belly land them in the water. there was a case in india were a 757 on take of 400ft of the ground flipped over and crashed at 220mph and everyone ran away and it exploded. no deaths.

ok but think about it.....i've seen alot of airplane crashes nose dive into the water and explode right when they hit it....even if ppl dont die they still get seriously injured

yeah that would suc*... a lot.

ya....i hate flyin over the water cause like i jus imagin sumthin goes wrong right at that moment and we just crash into the water and sufficate or get burned in the explosion...wow....now that would suk lol

first of all people have been more scared after 9/11, and second, fear of flying can be just like claustrophobia or arachnophobia where you can't control your fear.

yes you can conrtol a fear. it would take a lot of effort, but you can do it.

insome cases people are too afraid that they cannot overcome their fear. it's been known to happen.

its's not the scariest thing in the world.The most scariest thing to most people is heights

well, say your afraid of flying on a commercial plane. people have been known to be cured by flying in a Mig-21 going 700mph and doing loops and barrel rolls.

true, after you have done that flying in a commercial airliner seems like child's play.

the only way to cure a fear is to do it yourself

exactly. but some people are scared because between you and a 30,000ft drop is a a foot and a half of fiber glass and steel. and a leather strip called a seatbelt.

some people just can't face their fears,even if it's ridiculous

Warning, the following is extremly off-topic.

The title of this thread reminds me, I went to see Miami Vice the other day (good movie by the way), and I saw the trailer for Snakes on a Plane. It's coming out this month, the 18th I think.

As you were.

OK guys, for those of you afraid of airplane crashes, let me break it down for you...

There are these wonderful little things called ELTs. Emergency Location Transmitters. Basically, distress beacons. They are activated when there is excessive stress on the airframe of the aircraft, namely, in a crash. When the ELT in the airplane goes off, it emits a warbling tone on the civilian ELT frequency (121.5), as well as a harmonic tone on the military ELT frequency (243.0). We rescuers can then use direction-finding equipment on the ground and in the air to find you. With an ELT going off, you are likely to be found within 12 hours of impact, often times less, depending on terrain. Without the ELT, the time is much greater.

There is this wonderful little thing called the Civil Air Patrol. The US Air Force Auxiliary. I am a member. In fact, I am qualified to perform ground search and rescue operations with them. When an ELT goes off, the SARSAT (Search and Rescue Satellite) system spots it. After 3 passes, the AFRCC (Air Force Rescue Coordination Center) calls a CAP incident commander to begin spinning up units to look for it. This happens about 2 hours after SARSAT picks up the initial signal.

Basically, if an ELT goes off, you are guranteed to be found. If the ELT doesn't go off, you are still guranteed to be found, it just takes a significantly longer time...

....where did you come from that was just a waste of a read

There's also the fact that more people die in car crashes than in plane crashes. It's amazing the number of planes in the air at any given time, and the amount of crashes in comparison.

I've got a similar beacon system in my ski-jacket that goes off when there is x-amount of pressure put on it for an extended period of time. IE, when trapped in an avalanche.

Who asked you? Point: I said in the beginning of the post that it was off-topic.

still why post at all?

Why not?

Look at the number of posts I've made that could be considered spam, and then look at the number of posts made by everyone else that could be considered spam. I'm using my alloted spam posts.

ok then carry on with your life

Good. Makes life easier for people like me. We used a training PLB in our graduation mission for National Ground Search and Rescue School with CAP yesterday. Their sound is slightly more annoying than that of an ELT .

We actually picked up a real ELT going off on 121.5, but then realized it was just testing after the signal stopped after 30 seconds or so.

Yeah, isnt that another name for the black box?

That's not what a black box is. A black box just records flight data, cockpit convorsation, etc. It doesnt transmit anything.

The in-flight cockpit recorder is different than an ELT, as HerLoss stated. While an ELT is black (or so I've heard, I have only come in contact with training ELTs, which are orange) (don't ask me why they're black, bright, reflective orange would be much better for the sake of finding/disabling it once the search team has arrived on scene), it should not be confused with the "black box".

I was just thinking of that movie before I read that. Two hundred points say that it'll be the most overrated movie so far in the millenium. There will be more people watching this than any other movie, but that only means that this movie will have the most people complaining about how bad it was.

i know what your talking about now. if the plane goes down in the middle of the ocean, and 6 hours later, the government is scanning the bottom. the ELT gives of a silent sonar ping, so it can be detected by unmaned subs under water.

Yeah, somewhat, but it's most useful on land.

Boats carry EPIRBs (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon), basically a different form of an ELT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Pos...ng_Radio_Beacon - Covers naval EPIRBs, aviation ELTs, and hiking PLBs.

how wierd would that be though. looking through a tiny tv screen camera, from a sub at the bottom of the ocean, seeing plane parts everwhere.

it would be like seeing it rain cats and dogs

I'm afraid to crash,all the planes I went on had a time delay.

If anyone has any questions regarding aviation, GSAR, etc, feel free to ask me .

i hate when planes are late then you have to wait another hour plus the hours you've already waited.

i dont mind waiting a lot of hours. i look out the windows at the airport and watch the planes take of.

ya,but that seems to lose interest after 2 hours

i never loose interest in that. thats what i love.

ya i seemed to notie your interest in planes

You probably would have enjoyed the Chinook helicopter ride I got to take this summer with CAP .

I not afarid but i can see why it is creppy i maen te plane has one problem then BOOM

A common misconception in flying is that when your engine dies, you fall out of the sky. Aircraft have the ability to glide for many many miles before they come in contact with the ground (provided the pilot follows proper engine-out procedures). It is entirely possible to lose all power at 30,000 feet and have a safe landing at an airport (albiet not the one you were headed to).

naah that's spaceships.Even if they have 1% problem then the whole operation is ruined

yeah, i saw this show on NGC and a 777 over the pacific was 7/8ths over the ocean and one of the engines was leaking fuel. the pilots didnt know and did an X-feed. thus wasting more fuel. then they ran out of fuel and glided back to land.ill try and find out more info on that.

Reasons people don't like flying.

1. Airplane crashes are shown on the news in incredible detail, but car crashes are ordinary.
2. Many people have not flown before, and it is human to be afraid of the unknown
3. Media- Movies, TV shows, etc. have planes crashing on deserted islands, tribal areas, stuff like that.

Flying has a media induced fear in it. I really hate that, like fear of snakes. there are so many movies showing people getting eaten by snakes that people fear them, or think of the as gross. Snakes are awsome. Hence my love of dragons.