What People Look Like When Their Plane Is About to Crash

The Atlantic Wire ^ | May 18, 2011 | Adam Clark Estes

[2ndDivisionVet]

If someone with better html skills than mine could post the photos, I'd appreciate it.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[dead]

The pictures are a bit uninteresting, all things considered.

I've seen more emotion and panic when its announced that it's 10:58 and in two minutes McDonalds will no longer serve food from the breakfast menu.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is that the same McDonalds where someone called 9-1-1 because they couldn’t get Chicken McNuggets?

[Carpe Cerevisi]

[dfwgator]

Passenger: Miss, are you telling us absolutely everything?
Elaine: Not exactly ... we're also out of coffee.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Agreed. But I do like how it shows that people don’t behave the way it would be depicted in a Hollyweird movie.

[delacoert]

Thanks for posting this. I found the story moving and the pictures very interesting.

[Carling]

The photog should have barged into the bathrooms to catch the people having “we’re going to die” sex, like in the movies!

[Loud Mime]

Being a passenger is very strange. You can’t do a darn thing but wait and hope.

I had three bail-outs during my skydiving days, but the scariest event was when a pilot aborted the takeoff and started braking hard-hard-hard. I’ve never seen people put on helmets in such a hurry.

[Lurker]

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[oh8eleven]

What People Look Like When Their Plane Is About to Crash

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[abigailsmybaby]

“We have just lost cabin pressure.”

[Loud Mime]

That monk is Joe Isuzu - - I think it was his first movie.

[OB1kNOb]

I’ve been on one flight in very bad weather where I really think all the passengers thought they were gonna die. Everyone was very subdued and quiet although the twin turbo-prop was getting tossed around like a plastic Wal-mart sack in a wind storm. No doubt many were saying their silent prayers as was I. What still mystifies me to this day is that the whole event took on a surreal almost slow motion feel to it as if I were observing the whole thing from a third person’s viewpoint. It was almost like my soul was observing the situation and getting ready to separate from my body as soon as the crash occurred. Thankfully, by the grace of God and the skills of our pilot we landed safely.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"You know why they put oxygen masks on planes?"

[posterchild]

I saw similar when an engine blew on an A320 from BOS to ORD. The engine had a loud bang and then looked like a comet with a 25 ft tail of white sparks. Everyone remained calm. The pilot turned off the ground communications channel (ch 9 on United) to the cabin so we couldn’t listen. We still had one engine but Grand Rapids airport was shut down for us to land at. (Presumably much cheaper than shutting down O’Hare)

[sten]

gawd... i miss his work