Whoa!!!
I’ve been on a lot of airplanes and thankfully nothing like this has ever happened to me.
Actually, according to statistics, airplanes are supposed to be one of the safest modes
of transportation.
But this video has me thinking otherwise.
How’s it going YouTube?
I’m your host Landon Dowlatsingh and welcome back to another most amazing video.
If you guys are about to get on a plane soon, I’d probably watch one of our other scary
videos because this list has me second guessing the safety of airplanes.
So without anymore delays let’s jump right into our list of the top 10 scariest flights
that will freak you out.
Starting off this list in at number 10 we have Ethiopian Flight 961.
This flight was enroute to Kenya from Ethiopia when it was hijacked by three Ethiopians who
were seeking asylum in Australia.
They forced the pilot to fly the plane to Australia despite the pilot telling them that
they didn’t have enough fuel.
The men threatened to blow up the plane if the pilots didn’t obey their demands.
The plane was nearly out of fuel as it approached a large island with lots of tourists.
The pilot tried to make an emergency landing at the island’s airport but he lost control
because he got into a fight with the hijackers.
The plane crashed into the Indian Ocean and 125 out of the 175 passengers died that day.
An underwear bomb explodes onto this list in at number 9.
Northwest Airlines flight 253 was scheduled to fly from Amsterdam to Detroit on December
25, 2009 but one passenger had something else in mind.
He tried to set off chemical explosives that were sewn into his underwear.
There were 290 people on board the aircraft so if his suicide bombing was successful,
this would have been one of the deadliest aviation occurrences on US soil.
The 23-year-old bomber was apart of al-Qaeda and before he was able to detonate his bomb,
another passenger saw smoke and quickly tackled him to the ground and he was able to put out
the fire.
The bomber was handcuffed, and the pilot was able to safely land the plane.
Up next in at number 8 we have US airways Flight 1549.
Or otherwise known as Miracle on the Hudson.
This commercial airplane had to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River on January 15,
2009 shortly after it took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City.
Miraculously, there were only 5 people who were seriously injured and no fatalities.
So about two minutes into the flight, the airplane flew into a flock of Canadian Geese
which caused both engines to become severely damaged.
The pilot tried to restart the engines, but they failed to start.
He told air control that he was returning to the airport, but the plane continued to
fall so he knew he wouldn’t be able to make it back.
So shortly after, he said that he was going to attempt a very risky and rare water landing
in the Hudson river.
Thankfully, he successfully landed the plane and he made sure that all of his passengers
and crew members made it out of the plane alive.
He even went up and down the aisles a few times as the plane was quickly sinking to
make sure that he got everyone out.
He is a true legend.
Some terrifying turbulence shakes things up in at number 7.
That video was recorded during an Etihad Airways flight that shows terrified passengers praying
for their lives after their plane encountered severe and unexpected turbulence.
Passengers were clenching onto their seats and yelling “Allahu Akbar.”
Some other passengers were thrown from their seats and they actually hit the roof and floor
of the cabin.
One of the flight attendants said that she has been a flight attendant for 15 years and
this is the first time that she’s ever experienced something like this.
The washing machine flight takes us to number 6.
Passengers on board of an AirAsia flight were told by the captain to say a prayer after
there was a problem with the engine.
Is this real life right now?
I would be freaking out!
If the captain ever told me to say a prayer I would probably instantly die because I would
know that I’m in deep shit.
So after about an hour into the flight, passengers heard a loud bang and then the entire aircraft
began to violently shake.
Why the hell are passengers moving around the cabin?
Do they think this is normal?
The flight was eventually re-routed back to Perth due to a “technical issue” and the
aircraft finally landed about three hours after departure.
So, you’re telling me that these passengers were shaking like this for hours?!
Once they landed, the passengers were told that one of the blades had actually come off
the turbine.
I’m pretty sure my flying days would be over.
I would be taking a boat to my next destination.
Fuel gushing out of the plane lands itself in at number 5.
Imagine if you were sitting on a plane.
The flight attendants finished their safety demonstration, and everyone was sitting down,
buckled up.
Now imagine that you are just waiting for clearance to take off, but you look out of
your window and notice this.
Yeah, I’d say your flight is going to be slightly delayed.
It’s actually crazy because a passenger brought it up to a flight attendant.
If they didn’t see this leak, they would’ve tried to take off.
This was a United Airlines flight, so it doesn’t really surprise me.
A gapping hole brings us to number 4.
A China Eastern Airlines flight was forced to turn back to Sydney after there was a severe
technical failure that left a gapping hole in the engine casing.
Yeah, I’d say that is a good enough reason to turn back.
Passengers on board of this flight said that they could smell burning in the cabin and
there was a loud banging at the start of the flight.
Well that’s not comforting at all.
The pilot was able to land the plane safely and thankfully everyone on board managed to
make it out alive.
A propeller that fell off lands itself in at number 3.
A plane was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its propellers fell off while
it was flying over Sydney.
There were 16 passengers and three crew members on board of this aircraft, and I bet all of
them were scared shitless.
The propeller reportedly detached from the shaft and flew over the wing without touching
it.
They were all extremely lucky that this flying propeller didn’t hit the tail or the fuselage
because they all probably would’ve been dead.
British Airways Flight 9 flies onto this list in at number 2.
Back in June 1982, this jumbo jet had 248 passengers on board, and they were flying
over Indonesia when all four engines suddenly stopped working.
That’s literally one of my worst nightmares coming true.
As the crews worked hard to restart the engines, the captain went on the speaker to say this
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking.
We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped.
We are doing our damnedest to get it under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress.”
Is this real-life right now!
I would have an instant heart attack and die on the spot.
How can you calmly tell your passengers that all of the engines have failed but your trying
your best to restart them.
I’d rather you didn’t say anything at all or at least wait and tell me that you
fixed the problem.
Thankfully they were able to restart some of the engines and make an emergency landing.
TWA Flight 847 tops this list in at number 1.
This flight was scheduled to fly from Athens to Rome but it was hijacked by terrorists.
The flight was taken over by two Arabic speaking Lebanese men who managed to smuggle a gun
and two grenades through the Athens airport security.
Over the course of 17 horrific days, the pilot was forced to make repeated trips back and
forth from Beirut to Algiers with all of his 153 passengers and crew members on board.
The terrorists had tied passengers up and were severely beating them.
The hijackers threatened to kill them unless hundreds of Lebanese prisoners were released
from Israeli prisons.
One man was murdered, and the rest of the hostages were released two weeks later until
some of their demands were met.
Well there you guys have it…