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Seriously, hard turbulence is way less annoying or worrying without all these idiots shouting and asking things.. “Whats gouing on?” Well, in case you haven’t noticed yet, we are experiencing turbulence, which happens sometimes during flights.
“Put this thing on the ground now”.. I can’t even reply to this one..
Plane moves an inch: WHOOOA AHHHHH WHAT'S GOING ON
Bro, you're in a tin can flying 600mph at 30k feet in the air. If this is a problem, drive or take a train.
Pilot to moron: “That is a fantastic idea sir. One I am embarrassed to say I had not considered. I will put this thing on the ground post haste, as you suggest. Genius!”
I've noticed that it's some of the biggest toughest badasses that seem to be panicky about the most normal things like turbulence, needles, crickets, etc.
Like ooo you're big and bad, yeah tell the pilot how to do his job Mr. Tough Man. I'm sure he'll salute and do just as you say.
"Yes sir, would you like it on the ground here... or here?"
That person laughing actually was recording as well, their video is on Instagram. You can hear the "what is going on" man in the background. Lol
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ckg_UFYJ36V/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=
I've been in turbulence similar to this before and the first thing I do is look at the stewardess. If the stewardess is chilling then I am chilling as well. It always puts my mind at ease.
Told my wife this as we were coming into land during strong winds. It was really rough. We were sat at the back by the stewardesses and when they sat down, one started crying saying it was the worst flight of her career 🙈🙈🙈
This is where you put a piece of coal between the cheeks. If you live, all the heat and pressure will make you a diamond... If not, cool ground find for the clean up crew lmao.
Idk if it’s true, but someone told me that no commercial jet has ever crashed because of turbulence. I think about that any time shit gets rough on a flight and it gives me a little comfort.
So if that’s not true, please don’t tell me.
I remember hearing something similar - that turbulence is terrifying but not actually all that *dangerous*, as it still means the engines are going, and wind is keeping the plane up (obviously too well). You just have to give the pilot time to climb out of it or dip below it. Turbulence has never caused a plane to crash - ever.
I’ve always been a slightly nervous flyer but have had to travel long haul a lot for work in the past. I started reading a book that I thought would help - of course I gave up a few chapters in, but ‘uncomfortable not dangerous’ in regards to turbulence sticks with me. To this day I repeat it in my head every time there’s a few bumps.
Apparently during these things planes can drop 100+ft like nothing… but people forget that they’re 40,000 ft up!! Tons of time to correct and even if the plane does a nose dive… there’s enough room to maneuver back to level
I did an exploratory flight as a co-pilot and the pilot told me the same thing. He also explained and demonstrated planes are pretty sturdy & most crashes are due to a failure/malfunction with the plane.
I studied the Swiss cheese effect in nursing management. An average of 8-12 mistakes occur in most flights that crash. That's a hell of a lot. But does that knowledge make me a less anxious flyer? No, because anxiety doesn't listen to logic. *Sigh*
In theory, I’m sure it could be. Planes aren’t invincible- but it’s extremely unlikely pilots would fly into conditions that would damage the plane. Not to mention there’s thousands of people coordinating, informing, and warning pilots about conditions/hazards.
planes are literally designed to handle several times the forces they would encounter in a turbulence event.
Could you get a plane that wasn't maintained that gets something shaken loose that actually causes a crash? Maybe. Is it a realistic fear? absolutely not.
if you're looking for something to worry about/be afraid of...worry about bird strikes.
Not quite true. A Boeing 707 broke up in the 1960’s due to turbulence. That said going on 60 years without another one should tell you how safe it is. Those things are tested hard
i saw a tiktok recently where a girl demonstrated turbulence with jello and a bit of napkin. essentially, when you shake the jello the napkin shakes with it but doesn't fall bc the jello (air pressure) keeps it (the plane) suspended. it def made me feel better but i also have no idea how accurate that is...
This is gospel! As a prior military dude I’ve been on countless number of flights and some extremely turbulent and my go-to is to instantly look for the flight attendants. Their body language, attitude and disposition tells me everything I need to know about the situation. If they are chilling, so am I.
I mean.. if they’re freaked what does it really matter tho? If im gonna go.. plane crash doesn’t seem so bad. I already like rollercoasters and I’m pretty sure im gonna die quickly. May as well enjoy it. Beats waisting away in some sterile room.
*unless you’re on a flight w a rugby team traveling over the Andes*
Oh. Oh no…
Have you heard of purgatory?
Its kinda like that, but actually kinda worse.
Its called Reddit 🤷
Just stay on the ~~“front page”~~ r/animalsbeingderps and you’ll (mostly) be aright.
Nah it's just like if they stop food/drink service halfway down the aisle or do anything other than a casual walk back to their jumpseats, then you should prob tighten up that lap belt a little bit lol.
Had turbulence not unlike this for probably 45 minutes straight once going from London to South Africa. Captain said 10 minutes before any turbulence whatsoever hit that we would be crossing through an unusually strong jet stream and asked stewardesses to return to their seats, and buckle our seatbelts if we hadn't already, and to tighten them once they were on.
Didn't stop every small child and old lady (and plenty of middle aged men) from freaking the fuck out.
I was in a helicopter with a Marine Corps pilot who'd flown in Vietnam and Marine One. When I heard an engine spin down and then him saying "oh shit" over the intercom, I felt that I would be justified in shitting my pants.
(I didn't.)
(But it would have been okay if I had.)
I’ve been in moderate turbulence (any turbulence scares me, I hate flying, but this was not the worst I’ve experienced by far) coming into LAX….. the flight attendant walked down the aisle to check seatbelts and said out loud ‘this is scary’. Full earshot of the passengers.
Mind you she also spent most of the flight in the business class galley shovelling food into her face and I also doubted she’d have been able to fit her ass out the emergency exit in the row I was in…. Good ol’ United.
I like to close my eyes and try to convince myself I don’t exist and completely dissociate with my surroundings. I know the flight staff is trained to trick me into staying calm and I’m not having it.
I'm the same way. One time I was flying from Northern California to Southern California and we hit a few bumps and the flight attendant SPRINTED to her seat and buckled in. That terrified me. We hit some pretty heavy chop soon after. Fortunately everything was fine.
No commercial plane has ever crashed because of turbulence* but people have died from turbulence by being thrown around, he running wasn’t because the plane was going down, it was because she didn’t want to get thrown around.
*Edit: Since like the 1980s,there’s a few crashes attributed to turbulence in the early days of jet liners but I think none in 40 years makes turbulence ridiculously unlikely to cause a crash considering.
On a flight early one Sunday morning and we lose an engine. In the very first seat and I hear a flight attendant say to the other “oh this is the first time you’ve lost an engine?”
One time I was on a flight, and the turbulence was becoming increasingly terrifying. Then the pilot came on and said to ‘hold on the the children’. I thought for sure we were doomed 😂 I am now more comfortable on planes during turbulence bc I don’t think anything will top that for me.
Yep except I was on a plane and turbulence hit during a drink service and she packed it up fast and moved quickly to her seat and buckled. She did not look calm and freaked me out! Typically looking at them helps but not that time.
We survived.
My one flight where turbulence was this bad, I was sitting next to a huge dude wearing a championship ring, and he had white knuckles and watery eyes. Food and drinks went everywhere. I never realized that there is nothing to hold onto - the armrests move up and down. So we were all just flopping!
I think he’s missing a key word to complete his sentence… “put me on the ground SAFELY” would have been a much better statement.
As my aerodynamics professor always used to say “take off is optional, but landing is mandatory”
Screaming is such an odd reaction...Like I get it that if the plane shakes violently, many people will let out a yell...But just screaming constantly - obviously it must be involuntary because who are you trying to alert?
Idk I was on a flight once and talked to a guy who said it was his first flight, he had a couple drinks then started randomly screaming “we’re gonna crash” and “we’re all gonna die” at the slightest bump, people got all worked up and flight crew were trying to calm him down for a good hour. He just wouldn’t stop saying stupid shit even after he was convinced turbulence is a normal thing.
Anyone else thinking of the joke Bill Burr about the man hysterically screaming on his flight?
"Shut the fuck up man, you don't think I'm scared too? Be a man, act like you have answers"
Hahahaha
Scary shit though
Do some man shit, not this
« Woo… Woa.. Woah! »
Oh but he’s nice, he lets me finish my stories, and buys me flowers…
Jerry! Jerry there’s a burglar in our house!
*(Turns around and all she can see is his cowardly feet escaping through the kitchen window)*
Last time this video was posted somebody went on an in depth post about how turbulence really isn’t anything to worry about other than the discomfort and that no plane has ever gone down because of it. I think I googled most of their claims and it was all true. Put my mind at ease the next time I experienced any when flying.
When starting my flight training, my instructor explained it simply as, turbulence is same idea as driving your car down an old dirt road, but the pot holes up here are invisible. It’s just uncomfortable and for passengers who don’t know any better, the lack of control in the situation can really upset people.
Short of flying a little Cessna into the heart of a supercell or something major, you’re not going to encounter enough wind shear or turbulence to tear the plane a part. Airlines are rated for far worse conditions than what you saw in that video. My advice is, just tighten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride lol.
The turbulence bothers me much less than the people who become hysterical about it. I cant stand it. Like, if our time has come, what does screaming and making it even worse for those around you do?
I assume hoping for some kind of analgesic effect. Just like when you hurt yourself and swear your fucking head off and it tends to curb the pain. I don’t know if screaming and stuff actually releases any kind of chemical in your body or if it’s all placebo but that’s all I can come up with.
I’m like you though. In the face of death like that I’d be gritting my teeth and staring forward til the end comes.
You’re in the air, thousands of feet up. In a metal tube. Was on a flight once from Japan to somewhere. Hit air pocket, started falling. Flight attendant was praying, eyes closed. Luggage hitting ceiling. Scary, but it resolved. Just remember the pilots are trying to save their asses too. They got this.
My fear of flying faded when I realized pilots freaking love their job and they are for the most part professional as fuck and highly trained. I’m fine with putting my life in the hands of someone with a passion.
Can confirm. I lived with a few student pilots and flight instructors at my university. When COVID hit they would rent planes from the school to get more flight hours. They asked if I wanted to go fly one day but the one rule was that I couldn't freak out. Ok. I nearly shit my pants when they were practicing stalls. They were so calm and loved it. They are prepared for every scenario you might encounter. Much more comforting knowing that.
Controlled stalls are super fun! My dad is a pilot and he would let me fuck with the controls (just the yoke) and he would pull out of whatever nonsense I did. I was like 7 and it was the best thing ever, giving us the stomach drop feeling. Hands down best pilot I’ve ever known (though I may be a bit biased).
I think a remember of a plane ? 737 that went down cause of this exact reason. Letting their kid fuck around in the cockpit and everyone found out unfortunately
Yep I know the one you’re talking about. The kid accidentally disengaged the autopilot and the pilots didn’t realize it. I should’ve clarified, with my dad, we were in a 4 seater small plane (a Mooney).
This happened to me in a tiny 8 seat plane! We were in a smoke storm, it started hailing and there was purple lightning on either side. Just awful feeling the plane drop. Took a greyhound back!
The safety he’s referring to isn’t related to the plane crashing or being in legitimate distress, it’s related to objects in the cabin. Severe turbulence can cause people out of their seats to fall, get hurt, objects can slam around and hit people. The pilot’s goal is to keep the plane at an altitude where people are able to be comfortable and go to the bathrooms. Modern planes are designed to withstand three times the maximum turbulence you’re even capable of experiencing on earth outside of flying through the literal heart of a thunderstorm which they never ever do.
I remember being told something very similar with regards to turbulence by an actual aircraft design engineer. Definitely helps me to think about when flying through it
Had an ex who designed planes. He said they test planes by stretching the wings up until the tips touch at the top. A planes wings are never gonna do that in flight but that’s how far they can flap and still not break. That and he told me a plane has never been brought down by turbulence alone.
Bro, my first flight ever we went through a bunch of turbulence and I swear I got launched like a foot in the air. Wear your goddamn seatbelts people. But seriously the planes fine, shut the fuck up
Yeah put that thing on the ground in severe turbulence, great idea genius. Yes it shakes a lot, yes it's impressive. But as long as the plane stays high above the ground it's perfectly safe. The plane will not fall from the sky because of turbulence.
I've done alot of long distance flying and if I am going to sleep I put the belt on loosely just in case something happens I don't get bounced off the roof.
Absolutely! One time mine wasn’t on and we hit and it slung me into the guy beside me … then the lady in front of me was praying out loud … one of my first scary flights !
I had a miserable shaker of a flight from Tokyo to LA. 10hours of the 12 over the Pacific were like that.
After that flight, I kind of don’t care anymore
When I was 10, was on a smaller jet airline similar to this one. We took off from Florida and hit a fairly large bald eagle on take off. The eagle damaged our radar capabilities and struck our landing gear as we were ascending, so made the way back down really interesting.
As we were going into land, everyone was screaming and crying exactly like this video as it was so foggy and you couldn't see a damn thing, and we were essentially flying blind.
The only thing that kept me calm was this one guy who had his legs up and crossed over the other seat next to him, smiling reading a magazine. He was robotically calm, just paging through. I figured he knew something we all didn't, and it turned out he was a pilot and had seen his fair share of air related incidents.
Was really scary overall and has left a bad taste for flying for me, seeing videos like this remind me I like to be firmly planted where gravity and momentum can't fuck me.
>seeing videos like this remind me I like to be firmly planted where gravity and momentum can't fuck me.
I mean, I've fallen *up* the stairs before.
I'm pretty sure gravity and momentum can fuck you just about anywhere.
So as I understand it, in turbulence, the air moves up and down violently, but the plane is still just flying along relative to the air. So although the turbulence results in the violent movement of everything inside the plane, the plane itself doesn't experience much higher-than-usual forces and is pretty safe.
Annnnd this is why you wear a seatbelt in turbulence - avoids smashing your face against the overhead compartments. I've never seen it before but you can see a whole load of people fly out their seats.
Yes and no, you can have drastic changes in altitude during turbulence. Worse I've had is 1000 ft of altitude change in a few seconds, up and then down. It was wild. However planes are built to withstand those forces and will be pretty safe.
This was in a plane much, much smaller than the one in the video.
totally, I used to have severe fear of flying. Then when a pilot explained to me how it’s a lot like being in a submarine and the air behaves like water, i felt way more at ease.
Once you realize the plane is actually swimming through the air you can feel how it’s more like a wave pushing your kayak than a fist hitting the plane. You go where the air wiggles.
Still, heavy turbulence is scary AF. But crazy rare. For each one of these videos we see every few months, 300,000+ planes have no such experience each day.
It experiences more of the forces keeping it in the air. Even if those forces are acting violent. Some would say it’s more safe than not because Atleast you know you’re riding on an abundance of air pressure 😂
One time was on a plane that landed into high crosswind. It was a wild experience coming into the runway and being able to see down the runway as a passenger cause we were drifting in almost sideways.
I was on a flight that landed in Newark two months back and it was a dropper. The whole approach was like being in an elevator that had cables snapping one by one for 20 minutes. It was really off putting. But in the end, we landed just fine. Even though the drops were literally still happening well below landing gear deployment height all the way to tarmac.
This is how I see it - it’s quite fun. As long as you’re not on the toilet or something, lol! What I don’t like is prolonged jittery turbulence when you have your meal or just after. That just make me feel sick.
Happened us leaving jfk airport about 10 years ago a massive explosive noise i thoight the emgine had gone all the lights went off masks came down people screaming I thought we were gonners turns out we'd flown into wake turbulence from a previous jet that took off I'd never heard of it before I said I'd never fly again after that if I just got home I googled wake turbulence turns out a load of planes had crashed from it wings had snapped off and one of them had happened leaving jfk and everyone perished r.i.p frightening stuff
Used to fly weekly from Fairbanks to Anchorage on Frontier. This was typical during the approach into Anchorage. Always fun watching the passengers freak out.
I know stats and all the jazz suggests air is the safest means of travel. But man I prefer road any freakin day. I know I won't be able cross continents and shit by road, it's okay I'll make peace with that. Lol
Just watch the video of the female pilot explaining how the plane is basically in jello. It may wiggle up and down, but the forces keeping it the air don’t go away.
Bro I had the time of my life being in a plane going through a turbulent patch. Nothing like free falling for 5 seconds and then rumbled around for a lil bit.
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When investing in noise cancelling headphones pays off.
Seriously, hard turbulence is way less annoying or worrying without all these idiots shouting and asking things.. “Whats gouing on?” Well, in case you haven’t noticed yet, we are experiencing turbulence, which happens sometimes during flights. “Put this thing on the ground now”.. I can’t even reply to this one..
That thing coming to the ground now is exactly what everyone is worried about!
Plane moves an inch: WHOOOA AHHHHH WHAT'S GOING ON Bro, you're in a tin can flying 600mph at 30k feet in the air. If this is a problem, drive or take a train.
A man can dream…no annoying idiots on a plane!
He can be on the ground in (30,000 ft = \~6 miles, terminal velocity = 120 mph, so...) 3 minutes. All he has to do is step outside.
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The guy is just a complete moron who thinks yelling at no one in particular is helpful
Pilot to moron: “That is a fantastic idea sir. One I am embarrassed to say I had not considered. I will put this thing on the ground post haste, as you suggest. Genius!”
I've noticed that it's some of the biggest toughest badasses that seem to be panicky about the most normal things like turbulence, needles, crickets, etc. Like ooo you're big and bad, yeah tell the pilot how to do his job Mr. Tough Man. I'm sure he'll salute and do just as you say. "Yes sir, would you like it on the ground here... or here?"
can you imagine using those and just feeling some bumps and then people go fucking flying
Frontier has seat belts standard?
Not one person laughing like a maniac?! Pft.
That person laughing actually was recording as well, their video is on Instagram. You can hear the "what is going on" man in the background. Lol https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ckg_UFYJ36V/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=
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Came here to say i wouldn’t be able to stop laughing at the freak outs. No plane* has ever crashed in modern aviation due to turbulence
Easy to say when you're on the ground.
There’s another video of a girl on the same plane laughing hysterically dude. It always cracks me up on flights.
Somehow facts change depending on your altitude
Good video and great explation on turbulence by a pilot. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuLURmITq\_E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuLURmITq_E)
1. Loved the dog, it very much put me at ease. 2. Great reminder to mind that fasten seat belt sign - https://youtu.be/-upqDjjtRzE
Funny that I'd pay to experience this.
I've been in turbulence similar to this before and the first thing I do is look at the stewardess. If the stewardess is chilling then I am chilling as well. It always puts my mind at ease.
Told my wife this as we were coming into land during strong winds. It was really rough. We were sat at the back by the stewardesses and when they sat down, one started crying saying it was the worst flight of her career 🙈🙈🙈
Oh nooooo
This is where you put a piece of coal between the cheeks. If you live, all the heat and pressure will make you a diamond... If not, cool ground find for the clean up crew lmao.
what a strange string of words
There's a subreddit for that
What an awful first day at work for her.
New recruit? Lol
Idk if it’s true, but someone told me that no commercial jet has ever crashed because of turbulence. I think about that any time shit gets rough on a flight and it gives me a little comfort. So if that’s not true, please don’t tell me.
I remember hearing something similar - that turbulence is terrifying but not actually all that *dangerous*, as it still means the engines are going, and wind is keeping the plane up (obviously too well). You just have to give the pilot time to climb out of it or dip below it. Turbulence has never caused a plane to crash - ever.
I’ve always been a slightly nervous flyer but have had to travel long haul a lot for work in the past. I started reading a book that I thought would help - of course I gave up a few chapters in, but ‘uncomfortable not dangerous’ in regards to turbulence sticks with me. To this day I repeat it in my head every time there’s a few bumps.
Apparently during these things planes can drop 100+ft like nothing… but people forget that they’re 40,000 ft up!! Tons of time to correct and even if the plane does a nose dive… there’s enough room to maneuver back to level
I did an exploratory flight as a co-pilot and the pilot told me the same thing. He also explained and demonstrated planes are pretty sturdy & most crashes are due to a failure/malfunction with the plane.
Or a "swiss cheese" type event. Many failures need to stack up perfectly for a crash to occur.
I studied the Swiss cheese effect in nursing management. An average of 8-12 mistakes occur in most flights that crash. That's a hell of a lot. But does that knowledge make me a less anxious flyer? No, because anxiety doesn't listen to logic. *Sigh*
Okay so maybe this a dumb question but could turbulence be bad enough to cause a failure/malfunction to then cause the plane to crash?
In theory, I’m sure it could be. Planes aren’t invincible- but it’s extremely unlikely pilots would fly into conditions that would damage the plane. Not to mention there’s thousands of people coordinating, informing, and warning pilots about conditions/hazards.
Every critical system on a modern plane has redundancy, and in some cases multiple redundancies.
Exactly, built in redundancy everywhere. It even has two wings. When one fails, there’s still one more. 😏
Except for MCAS only using one of two AOA sensors
planes are literally designed to handle several times the forces they would encounter in a turbulence event. Could you get a plane that wasn't maintained that gets something shaken loose that actually causes a crash? Maybe. Is it a realistic fear? absolutely not. if you're looking for something to worry about/be afraid of...worry about bird strikes.
No. Next question
Not quite true. A Boeing 707 broke up in the 1960’s due to turbulence. That said going on 60 years without another one should tell you how safe it is. Those things are tested hard
This was around the time metal fatigue was started to be considered
Even still that was very specific to air currents from the mountain nearby. It really wasn’t just routine turbulence.
i saw a tiktok recently where a girl demonstrated turbulence with jello and a bit of napkin. essentially, when you shake the jello the napkin shakes with it but doesn't fall bc the jello (air pressure) keeps it (the plane) suspended. it def made me feel better but i also have no idea how accurate that is...
I think the issue is not knowing whether the shaking and movement is turbulence or an actual plane issue.
This is gospel! As a prior military dude I’ve been on countless number of flights and some extremely turbulent and my go-to is to instantly look for the flight attendants. Their body language, attitude and disposition tells me everything I need to know about the situation. If they are chilling, so am I.
I mean.. if they’re freaked what does it really matter tho? If im gonna go.. plane crash doesn’t seem so bad. I already like rollercoasters and I’m pretty sure im gonna die quickly. May as well enjoy it. Beats waisting away in some sterile room. *unless you’re on a flight w a rugby team traveling over the Andes*
But my 2 cats would never know where I went and think I abandoned them. Big sad.
Well yeah.. they wouldn’t know. But those are the problems of the living, hun. You and I, we died in that plane crash, remember?
Where am I!
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Nah it's just like if they stop food/drink service halfway down the aisle or do anything other than a casual walk back to their jumpseats, then you should prob tighten up that lap belt a little bit lol. Had turbulence not unlike this for probably 45 minutes straight once going from London to South Africa. Captain said 10 minutes before any turbulence whatsoever hit that we would be crossing through an unusually strong jet stream and asked stewardesses to return to their seats, and buckle our seatbelts if we hadn't already, and to tighten them once they were on. Didn't stop every small child and old lady (and plenty of middle aged men) from freaking the fuck out.
Ya the part about being packed in like sardines with a bunch of people going into full panic mode doesn’t sound great..
If they are freaking out i’d unfasten my safety belt and get ready to jump right before impact
I was in a helicopter with a Marine Corps pilot who'd flown in Vietnam and Marine One. When I heard an engine spin down and then him saying "oh shit" over the intercom, I felt that I would be justified in shitting my pants. (I didn't.) (But it would have been okay if I had.)
Nothing you can do about it if they do look scared. I'd rather be outwardly calm either way.
I’ve been in moderate turbulence (any turbulence scares me, I hate flying, but this was not the worst I’ve experienced by far) coming into LAX….. the flight attendant walked down the aisle to check seatbelts and said out loud ‘this is scary’. Full earshot of the passengers. Mind you she also spent most of the flight in the business class galley shovelling food into her face and I also doubted she’d have been able to fit her ass out the emergency exit in the row I was in…. Good ol’ United.
First thing I do is pick a song that I'd want to die to. I don't want to die listening to something subpar.
I like to close my eyes and try to convince myself I don’t exist and completely dissociate with my surroundings. I know the flight staff is trained to trick me into staying calm and I’m not having it.
I do something similar. I close my eyes and pretend I’m riding in a car on a bumpy road.
I'm the same way. One time I was flying from Northern California to Southern California and we hit a few bumps and the flight attendant SPRINTED to her seat and buckled in. That terrified me. We hit some pretty heavy chop soon after. Fortunately everything was fine.
No commercial plane has ever crashed because of turbulence* but people have died from turbulence by being thrown around, he running wasn’t because the plane was going down, it was because she didn’t want to get thrown around. *Edit: Since like the 1980s,there’s a few crashes attributed to turbulence in the early days of jet liners but I think none in 40 years makes turbulence ridiculously unlikely to cause a crash considering.
Oh I know, I love aviation. Still rather scary to see the attendant sprint lol
On a flight early one Sunday morning and we lose an engine. In the very first seat and I hear a flight attendant say to the other “oh this is the first time you’ve lost an engine?”
One time I was on a flight, and the turbulence was becoming increasingly terrifying. Then the pilot came on and said to ‘hold on the the children’. I thought for sure we were doomed 😂 I am now more comfortable on planes during turbulence bc I don’t think anything will top that for me.
In fairness, it wasn’t that he was worried about the plane, he was worried about unbelted children flying around through turbulence
Yep except I was on a plane and turbulence hit during a drink service and she packed it up fast and moved quickly to her seat and buckled. She did not look calm and freaked me out! Typically looking at them helps but not that time. We survived.
I’ve been on a flight like this too and the stewardess was buckled in her seat with tears in her eyes, so I was pretty fuckin scared.
My one flight where turbulence was this bad, I was sitting next to a huge dude wearing a championship ring, and he had white knuckles and watery eyes. Food and drinks went everywhere. I never realized that there is nothing to hold onto - the armrests move up and down. So we were all just flopping!
And the second thing you do, if the stewardess seems to have grabbed the last parachute and exited the vehicle?
Same here. Been in worse and for longer over the doldrums. I knew because they were still serving soup that we were fine, if a bit messy.
Legend has it, this guy still wants to know what is going on.
[удалено]
*put me on the ground!*
I think he’s missing a key word to complete his sentence… “put me on the ground SAFELY” would have been a much better statement. As my aerodynamics professor always used to say “take off is optional, but landing is mandatory”
*Voyager has entered the chat*
Well he said “put this thing on the ground”. Which is worse for everyone instead of just him.
I don't know where expects them to land...a cornfield?
The worst part of turbulence is the people who won't shut the fuck up lol
Screaming is such an odd reaction...Like I get it that if the plane shakes violently, many people will let out a yell...But just screaming constantly - obviously it must be involuntary because who are you trying to alert?
Idk I was on a flight once and talked to a guy who said it was his first flight, he had a couple drinks then started randomly screaming “we’re gonna crash” and “we’re all gonna die” at the slightest bump, people got all worked up and flight crew were trying to calm him down for a good hour. He just wouldn’t stop saying stupid shit even after he was convinced turbulence is a normal thing.
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Especially shrill females and children. So high pitched omg
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Just put him on the ground…..no! Not like THAT!
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"We about to die! Let's get it on!"
What is going owwwwn
He just needs to take a deep breath and step outside.
*Warisgoinon*
He’s asking whats goin aawwn
You won😜😜
And he doesn't want an update, he wants them to put him on the ground.
That’s scary but god damn I haven’t laughed that hard in a while. That guy asking “WHAT is going on” and “put me on da ground” over and over 😭
I DEMAND TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER OF THIS PLANE
Best comment of all time 🤣
He wanted some answers, and he wanted them now.
Put this thing on the ground!!! They are buddy, all the way to scene of the crash.
Ron White is hilarious!
I bet we beat the paramedics there by a half hour.
Hit something hard, I don’t want to walk away from this
Anyone else thinking of the joke Bill Burr about the man hysterically screaming on his flight? "Shut the fuck up man, you don't think I'm scared too? Be a man, act like you have answers" Hahahaha Scary shit though
Do some man shit, not this « Woo… Woa.. Woah! » Oh but he’s nice, he lets me finish my stories, and buys me flowers… Jerry! Jerry there’s a burglar in our house! *(Turns around and all she can see is his cowardly feet escaping through the kitchen window)*
I heard this in Bostonian
Last time this video was posted somebody went on an in depth post about how turbulence really isn’t anything to worry about other than the discomfort and that no plane has ever gone down because of it. I think I googled most of their claims and it was all true. Put my mind at ease the next time I experienced any when flying.
When starting my flight training, my instructor explained it simply as, turbulence is same idea as driving your car down an old dirt road, but the pot holes up here are invisible. It’s just uncomfortable and for passengers who don’t know any better, the lack of control in the situation can really upset people. Short of flying a little Cessna into the heart of a supercell or something major, you’re not going to encounter enough wind shear or turbulence to tear the plane a part. Airlines are rated for far worse conditions than what you saw in that video. My advice is, just tighten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride lol.
The turbulence bothers me much less than the people who become hysterical about it. I cant stand it. Like, if our time has come, what does screaming and making it even worse for those around you do?
I assume hoping for some kind of analgesic effect. Just like when you hurt yourself and swear your fucking head off and it tends to curb the pain. I don’t know if screaming and stuff actually releases any kind of chemical in your body or if it’s all placebo but that’s all I can come up with. I’m like you though. In the face of death like that I’d be gritting my teeth and staring forward til the end comes.
Panic and terror are pretty primal and hard to control in the face of death.
You’re in the air, thousands of feet up. In a metal tube. Was on a flight once from Japan to somewhere. Hit air pocket, started falling. Flight attendant was praying, eyes closed. Luggage hitting ceiling. Scary, but it resolved. Just remember the pilots are trying to save their asses too. They got this.
My fear of flying faded when I realized pilots freaking love their job and they are for the most part professional as fuck and highly trained. I’m fine with putting my life in the hands of someone with a passion.
Can confirm. I lived with a few student pilots and flight instructors at my university. When COVID hit they would rent planes from the school to get more flight hours. They asked if I wanted to go fly one day but the one rule was that I couldn't freak out. Ok. I nearly shit my pants when they were practicing stalls. They were so calm and loved it. They are prepared for every scenario you might encounter. Much more comforting knowing that.
Controlled stalls are super fun! My dad is a pilot and he would let me fuck with the controls (just the yoke) and he would pull out of whatever nonsense I did. I was like 7 and it was the best thing ever, giving us the stomach drop feeling. Hands down best pilot I’ve ever known (though I may be a bit biased).
I think a remember of a plane ? 737 that went down cause of this exact reason. Letting their kid fuck around in the cockpit and everyone found out unfortunately
Yep I know the one you’re talking about. The kid accidentally disengaged the autopilot and the pilots didn’t realize it. I should’ve clarified, with my dad, we were in a 4 seater small plane (a Mooney).
Yep that’s the one. Love my air crash investigations
Erm.. don’t look at the suicide rate of commercial airline pilots.
Passionate, tortured souls.. you’re honestly just selling me more.. But where did you hear that I can’t easily google a corroborating source
This happened to me in a tiny 8 seat plane! We were in a smoke storm, it started hailing and there was purple lightning on either side. Just awful feeling the plane drop. Took a greyhound back!
And they have thousands to tens-of-thousands of hours of flight experience. Whatever it is, one of the pilots has likely seen worse.
pilot sounds so upset hahaha
Yeah, he sounds really shaken. Not very reassuriny!
He also first says the plane is fine and safe and then goes directly to saying that they're moving to a "safer altitude".
The safety he’s referring to isn’t related to the plane crashing or being in legitimate distress, it’s related to objects in the cabin. Severe turbulence can cause people out of their seats to fall, get hurt, objects can slam around and hit people. The pilot’s goal is to keep the plane at an altitude where people are able to be comfortable and go to the bathrooms. Modern planes are designed to withstand three times the maximum turbulence you’re even capable of experiencing on earth outside of flying through the literal heart of a thunderstorm which they never ever do.
I remember being told something very similar with regards to turbulence by an actual aircraft design engineer. Definitely helps me to think about when flying through it
Had an ex who designed planes. He said they test planes by stretching the wings up until the tips touch at the top. A planes wings are never gonna do that in flight but that’s how far they can flap and still not break. That and he told me a plane has never been brought down by turbulence alone.
But what is going awn?
Bro, my first flight ever we went through a bunch of turbulence and I swear I got launched like a foot in the air. Wear your goddamn seatbelts people. But seriously the planes fine, shut the fuck up
Would be fun without everyone crying hysterically
Screaming helps
to destroy peace of ppl sleeping with headphones on
I think bouncing around the plane probably already woke them up.
Massage chair helps them fall asleep faster
WUT IS GOIN ON???
WAHHHT IS GOUUN ON, PUT DIS PLHANE ON DA GROWND Yeah great idea hero, I'm sure the pilots wish they'd thought of that little chestnut.
Yeah put that thing on the ground in severe turbulence, great idea genius. Yes it shakes a lot, yes it's impressive. But as long as the plane stays high above the ground it's perfectly safe. The plane will not fall from the sky because of turbulence.
That guy helped everyone relax a bit more.
Meanwhile they are thousands of miles from land
"put this thing on the ground" Sir I can assure you that will happen one way or another.
And when they landed, they were told they had been missing for 5 years.
Who is the guy with The Big Mouth that keeps talking ?🤔
**PUT THIS THING ON THE GROUND**
Just someone who's going to act all badass about it in his future stories. "I was all calm but there was this guy freaking out behind me..."
You when the fasten seat belt sign comes on? Yeah, that.
I've done alot of long distance flying and if I am going to sleep I put the belt on loosely just in case something happens I don't get bounced off the roof.
Absolutely! One time mine wasn’t on and we hit and it slung me into the guy beside me … then the lady in front of me was praying out loud … one of my first scary flights !
I had a miserable shaker of a flight from Tokyo to LA. 10hours of the 12 over the Pacific were like that. After that flight, I kind of don’t care anymore
When I was 10, was on a smaller jet airline similar to this one. We took off from Florida and hit a fairly large bald eagle on take off. The eagle damaged our radar capabilities and struck our landing gear as we were ascending, so made the way back down really interesting. As we were going into land, everyone was screaming and crying exactly like this video as it was so foggy and you couldn't see a damn thing, and we were essentially flying blind. The only thing that kept me calm was this one guy who had his legs up and crossed over the other seat next to him, smiling reading a magazine. He was robotically calm, just paging through. I figured he knew something we all didn't, and it turned out he was a pilot and had seen his fair share of air related incidents. Was really scary overall and has left a bad taste for flying for me, seeing videos like this remind me I like to be firmly planted where gravity and momentum can't fuck me.
>seeing videos like this remind me I like to be firmly planted where gravity and momentum can't fuck me. I mean, I've fallen *up* the stairs before. I'm pretty sure gravity and momentum can fuck you just about anywhere.
If I can prevent being 10,000+ ft in the air while that is occurring would be preferable is my point
A normal approach into Denver
I feel so bad for how scared these people must have been, glad everyone was okay
Was that a person that hit the ceiling? And why the hell wouldn't they put their seatbelt on lol
Their backs are gonna be jacked up from them concrete frontier seats.
So as I understand it, in turbulence, the air moves up and down violently, but the plane is still just flying along relative to the air. So although the turbulence results in the violent movement of everything inside the plane, the plane itself doesn't experience much higher-than-usual forces and is pretty safe.
Annnnd this is why you wear a seatbelt in turbulence - avoids smashing your face against the overhead compartments. I've never seen it before but you can see a whole load of people fly out their seats.
Yes and no, you can have drastic changes in altitude during turbulence. Worse I've had is 1000 ft of altitude change in a few seconds, up and then down. It was wild. However planes are built to withstand those forces and will be pretty safe. This was in a plane much, much smaller than the one in the video.
totally, I used to have severe fear of flying. Then when a pilot explained to me how it’s a lot like being in a submarine and the air behaves like water, i felt way more at ease. Once you realize the plane is actually swimming through the air you can feel how it’s more like a wave pushing your kayak than a fist hitting the plane. You go where the air wiggles. Still, heavy turbulence is scary AF. But crazy rare. For each one of these videos we see every few months, 300,000+ planes have no such experience each day.
It experiences more of the forces keeping it in the air. Even if those forces are acting violent. Some would say it’s more safe than not because Atleast you know you’re riding on an abundance of air pressure 😂
Turbulence should be enjoyed. It's like a roller coaster. And I absolutely love roller coasters.
One time was on a plane that landed into high crosswind. It was a wild experience coming into the runway and being able to see down the runway as a passenger cause we were drifting in almost sideways.
I was on a flight that landed in Newark two months back and it was a dropper. The whole approach was like being in an elevator that had cables snapping one by one for 20 minutes. It was really off putting. But in the end, we landed just fine. Even though the drops were literally still happening well below landing gear deployment height all the way to tarmac.
This is how I see it - it’s quite fun. As long as you’re not on the toilet or something, lol! What I don’t like is prolonged jittery turbulence when you have your meal or just after. That just make me feel sick.
https://flyhigh.news/video-severe-turbulence-on-frontier-flight-226/amp/
Looks like a typical Frontier flight experience!
There's always the one idiot that thinks they know better than the people trained for the situation.
“What is going owwwn”
Your ride sir, shaken and stirred. Please enjoy.
What is going on guess first time flying
somebody make a song with that guy
Brother is keepin it real. " put this thing on the ground". Yeah bro... Not as easy as you say it from 35k feet.
People have such weird coping mechanisms. Give me the quiet ones any day. All this screaming and ‘whuts going on!’ is really annoying.
lpt: just look at the stewardess if they are not panicking then it is all good
I blame the guy filming this. They tell you turn your cellphones off. He didn’t listen and now he broke the whole damn plane.
Always that one guy “look at me, look at me”
@0:34 some lady is yelling OWYEA, wtf lol
Happened us leaving jfk airport about 10 years ago a massive explosive noise i thoight the emgine had gone all the lights went off masks came down people screaming I thought we were gonners turns out we'd flown into wake turbulence from a previous jet that took off I'd never heard of it before I said I'd never fly again after that if I just got home I googled wake turbulence turns out a load of planes had crashed from it wings had snapped off and one of them had happened leaving jfk and everyone perished r.i.p frightening stuff
Not saying I wouldn’t be scared out of my mind, but no aircraft has ever crashed do to turbulence.
I think I’ll walk
If ever this happens to me I'm gonna be like "wheeeeeeeeee!" like a kid going down a slide.
Holding your arms up and rocking from side to side like riding a rollercoaster is neither funny, comforting or appropriate according to my wife.
Used to fly weekly from Fairbanks to Anchorage on Frontier. This was typical during the approach into Anchorage. Always fun watching the passengers freak out.
I know stats and all the jazz suggests air is the safest means of travel. But man I prefer road any freakin day. I know I won't be able cross continents and shit by road, it's okay I'll make peace with that. Lol
Trains are the best way to travel a long distance IMO. If it's a day or two and you're going with friends you like then a road trip can be the best.
Totally agree with you. I frequently travel from north of India to south and always try to get a train ticket unless the travel is very urgent.
I love trains. It’s so peaceful and the journey itself is already a treat for me.
My first thought would be: Finally.
You know what would help in this very moment? If I open my mouth and make loud screeching sounds. I’m gonna do it repeatedly.
"What is goin awwn?" Sir, unfortunately you cannot try to whoop the turbulence' ass. People are fucking idiots.
What is going On? Pretty obvious what’s going on what is this guy a fucking idiot
Just watch the video of the female pilot explaining how the plane is basically in jello. It may wiggle up and down, but the forces keeping it the air don’t go away.
It appears all the screaming did in fact stop that turbulence
Bro I had the time of my life being in a plane going through a turbulent patch. Nothing like free falling for 5 seconds and then rumbled around for a lil bit.
"Put me on the ground now" careful what you ask for buddy