My Horrible Experience

Wow.... All I can say is Thank God.

I was travelling for the first time 8th October during the night to Manchester through Amsterdam, and then we started to experience this heavy turbulent.

Immediately... I started calling Jesus Jesus!... Funnily... the Guy(man) beside me... was busy Snoring.. and the Oyinbo dude close to the window adjacent to me was Fast asleep(na so he even open mouth down) Unconcerned.

First I thought it was normal as I have read flight experiences here on Nairaland and other sites. Reality began to dawn on me when the Hair hostess abi na Host(i no even know in name) annouced that every when should fasten His/her seat belt. O boy...see as fear grip me.

I sey...so na true sey..."ti omode ba de ibi eru, eru a ba( if small pikin rich were fear dey... fear go catch am)

As i just look through the Flight tracking... I see sey we dey on top the mediterrenean sea.

What came into my mind was just to start asking for forgiveness of sins.... chai!... (all the bad tin wey i don do oo) praying fervently...

One of the hostess noticing my uncommonly fear... decided to scope me with a near-death life. In a dustch accent..she said.." Sorry sir, is this your first flight" ... I sey Yes... "She said oh.. its just a minor THUNDERSTORM, the plane can take it".

Mehn..as she land finish I sey... Thunderstorm Minor?... wey i dey see lightning for window like this?...


But God be praised... After about 3 hours of the turbulence.. We arrived Amsterdam.

I just give all the Glory for the Journey mercies.

througly... if the Lord does not watch over the city, the watchmen worketh in Vain.

Kudos...to KLM airways... they are truly good.

@Justwise and other dudes who helped with advice at the Uk section. Thanks y'all ... We all succeed together.

So travellers... share your experiences.. and how you deal with it?
Mods... over to you

Lol, ekpele oo, atleast that airliner is nice, by the time you come to local airlines here in Nigeria that means na die u dy

"She said oh.. its just a minor
THUNDERSTORM, the plane can take it"

Try ARIK.. Na beg u go beg pilot make him park so u go come down

Omoh, if you're in the air nothing you can do. Crashes're one of the few risks of flying so prepare your mind to die anytime.

In a situation of turbulence try your best to relax because panicking would only spread hysteria among other passengers. Personally if I was on that flight I would've laughed at your frantic efforts to make peace with God; when a man's time has reached, it has reached. The turbulence might pass but you can panic your way into a heart attack which is even worse.

charix:
Omoh, if you're in the air nothing you can do. Crashes're one of the few risks of flying so prepare your mind to die anytime.

In a situation of turbulence try your best to relax because panicking would only spread hysteria among other passengers. Personally if I was on that flight I would've laughed at your frantic efforts to make peace with God; when a man's time has reached, it has reached. The turbulence might pass but you can panic your way into a heart attack which is even worse.

Turbulence is part of flying. You just pray that it will soon be over. I have been in countless of them and after that you will get used to it.

Flight oooo

how are you supposed to deal with it?

Plane crash by turbulence aren't frequent. So i simply enjoy the inflight movie or sleep-off
But for Naija flying molue hell-no.
I try to capture the mood of the airhostess to ascertain if all is well

Reminds me one day I grabbed a young white gals arm in freaking out,

Small planes are even worse,

True talk. The larger the plane, the smoother it handles turbulence, they are part of the flying experience. If I tell you my experience with Dana, na him make me begin get aerophobia. I simply try to take my mind off the turbulence, if I were watching a movie, I'd pause it, rest my head and close my eyes. I have encountered enough turbulence, ,on killed me.... so it's not in my power, na god hand we dey. I'm going to Seoul via Cairo and China, I don dey prepare myself for 21 hours in the air

Miami11:
Reminds me one day I grabbed a young white gals arm in freaking out,

Small planes are even worse,

I have a sadistic way of looking at it; no matter how much I get frightened about it, my fright is not going to take away the turbulence. If the plane is going to crash, there is nothing I can do to stop it. If the plane does crash, there is nothing I can do to determine the outcome of my life or death.

So I just chill and order some more red wine.

grayht:
"She said oh.. its just a minor
THUNDERSTORM, the plane can take it"

Try ARIK.. Na beg u go beg pilot make him park so u go come down

make e park you na moule

I recently had a very horrible experience with Emirates

This particular plane plunged down about 7 foot, followed by a sudden silence in the cockpit, you could hear a pin drop,

Then suddenly people were shouting Allah, God! In various languages, I thought it was the end, I was real calm and prepared to meet my maker

Suddenly this pilot got on the intercom and laughed apologizing, damn, people were almost dying in panic

blackchukky:
Plane crash by turbulence aren't frequent. So i simply enjoy the inflight movie or sleep-off
But for Naija flying molue hell-no.
I try to capture the mood of the airhostess to ascertain if all is well

OMG! I think say na only me dey do am ooo.

I do this on all flights. International and local and most of the times, if not all, they (the air hostesses) are as calm as a cucumber while I'm dying of heart attack.

I hate flying as much as I love it. If that makes any sense.

I dont like flying at all except i don't have a choice. Please oo i need your help, i want to travel to Port Harcout, which line is more safe to travel with..i tries calling ABC BUT my calls are being rejected..i dont like to enter a vehicle with a reckless driver especially when it involve such a long distance....please can any one prefer a standard line if possible a LINES THAT USE SIENNA CAR to PORT HARCOUT.

Thunder fire all the Mods here if they dont move this to FP..For those of us wey dey travel soon..Oya naa

Miami11:
I recently had a very horrible experience with Emirates

This particular plane plunged down about 7 foot, followed by a sudden silence in the cockpit, you could hear a pin drop,

Then suddenly people were shouting Allah, God! In various languages, I thought it was the end, I was real calm and prepared to meet my maker

Suddenly this pilot got on the intercom and laughed apologizing, damn, people were almost dying in panic

Shows that we humans are generally the same.