Delta flight 4951 9/29

Ok....so some of our worst fears on crashing upon landing...caught on tape..or should I say "mobile phone"...hey, wait...wasn't his cell phone supposed to be closed??!!! I promise you, if i was the one sitting next to him, I probably would have jumped his phone and confiscated it...god knows if his open cell phone intercepted the airplane systems and created a mal function with the landing gear....(probably not...).

Regardless...this short video grants us an inside look to what we fear most. Luckily, it ended well, this time.

Let us all fly safe.

Plane crash statistics or when is the safest stage during a flight?

Hi y'all,
Those of us who are afraid to fly nurture ourselves with any kind of information, regardless if it's the truth or not.

Every now and then I like to look at the facts heads on.

Some of you who have written to me, state they are most fearful when the plane is on "cruise" mode, at 33,000 feet, some of you are terrified of the landing or take off.

So lets settle this once and for all -
If we look at the graph above (extracted from a Boeing presentation on the Boeing website - "Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents - 1959-2008),
it's obvious the crucial moments during a flight are the take off and initial climb, as well as the final approach and the landing.
By 5%, the taking off process is more dangerous then the landing process.(30% as opposed to 25%)

So, those of you who are mostly afraid on the cruise stage of the flight - You can calm down as, statistically, you have less to worry about...(16% opposed to 25% and 30%).

I am happy to report that the safest stage of the flight is "taxi/load/unload/parked/toe....an impressive 0% causalities.....or perhaps, just stay at home, dont go out anywhere and perhaps (!) nothing can happen to you.....

As I am one of your own, perhaps this knowledge will help me now shift my fears during the flight...I will "invest" mostly in being afraid on take off, calm down during the cruise phase and get all worked up again during landing...See how that works for me instead of being afraid the whole flight...

I am flying n 2 days...As I wrote a few time, I try not to think of it,until I am on the taxi on my way to the airport.
Today I will be trying a "fear of flying" program for myself and review it for you tomorrow.

Have an AMAZING week!

Karen