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Sorry to put in such a morbid query but this has made me ponder quite a bit.
What is your opinion? Do plane crash victims have time to realize that they are dying? Is it a painful feeling or as many say, it's over so fast they don't realize anything?
If a plane bursts over an ocean how harrowing would it be for the passengers?
Sorry to put in such a morbid query but this has made me ponder quite a bit.
What is your opinion? Do plane crash victims have time to realize that they are dying? Is it a painful feeling or as many say, it's over so fast they don't realize anything?
If a plane bursts over an ocean how harrowing would it be for the passengers?
the good new is that a couple of seconds will seem like an eternity, but unfortunately that's also the bad news too
the good new is that a couple of seconds will seem like an eternity, but unfortunately that's also the bad news too
You made me laugh.
As for the op, I think they may know that something is wrong and depending on how long it takes for the events to unfold they may know that they are in danger.
The Malaysian plane that was just targeted, I doubt they saw it coming or had a chance to experience fear. At least I hope that is the case.
I'm glad this question was asked, because I have often wondered the same. It seems like the fear would almost be second to the effect on the stomach of a fast descent.
Sorry to put in such a morbid query but this has made me ponder quite a bit.
What is your opinion? Do plane crash victims have time to realize that they are dying? Is it a painful feeling or as many say, it's over so fast they don't realize anything?
If a plane bursts over an ocean how harrowing would it be for the passengers?
After MH370 story broke I read up on a lot of plane crashes. (Wish I hadn't, as I was already afraid to fly.) In a lot of cases where the plane was just run into something like a mountainside or a swamp by mistake, then no, I don't think the passengers were aware of anything. At high speeds you're dead before you realize there's a problem. In other cases, where the plane had major problems in the air, then yeah, I think people had to be aware things were serious, and that death was incoming.
If you're really curious, you can check out the wikipedia page for Alaska Air 261. It includes an animation of what the plane did in its final nosedive before it crashed in the ocean. (If you are afraid of flying, or rollercoasters, don't watch it.) It did two nosedives; the first one they were able to recover from.
I saw some interviews with the people on Scully's flight, the USAirways flight that landed in the Hudson and they mostly all said they knew it was their final moments and were shocked they survived.
I have watched the documentary on TWA Flight 800 that broke in half over Long Island and the Atlantic and that was particularly gruesome. I believe after the cockpit broke off the plane, it continued to climb. Cannot imagine what these people were thinking.
If a plane exploded in mid-air, there's no way the passengers would know in advance. If the plane were to malfunction and fall from the sky, then yes passengers would know.
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