Just got off watching the 2008 thriller Passengers, starring Anne Hathaway, and the very delicious Patrick Wilson.
Something about the midair plane incident scene that reminded me of a fright I had in a flight from Penang just a month back.
Nothing that dramatic really, but it was by far the worst kind of turbulence I have ever experienced. We were flying through thunder clouds if not mistaken, I saw mild flashes of light outside, but no where as intense as to have heard crackling snaps. The flight was very very wobbly. I was sitting somewhere near the middle and I could see the plane shifting in front of me. There were moments I felt sudden drops for mere split second. It was very scary, and my heart really pounded so hard. I was squeezing the seat in front of me so tightly.
At the same time, I was also facinated that majority of the passengers were calm and collected. My mom, seated beside me was calmly praying for a safe journey through. I just wished that I had that kind of composure that time.
It wasn't really the thought of death that scared me that time, it was the thought of that tiny propeller plane getting ripped apart and we were all free-falling (Hence, the process of going to my demise). That really shook me to the core.
I think the scare ride lasted for a total of 10 minutes.
Then the 2nd scary part came, the part when the plane started to land. I could have sworn the entire plane was doing close to 45 degree nose dive for some time before actually touching down. I was so freaked out. I couldn't see anything outside of the window and in my mind I was shouting, when the hell was the pilot going to pull up? Thankfully there was still distance between the plane's altitude and the ground when the view outside started to clear up.
All-in-all, I keep telling myself, when I meet any kind of scary situations that could potentially be dire, I would have to accept that if the time is up, then it is up. I need to accept that reality and be at peace with the circumstance.
However, looks like no matter how many times I reminded myself, I don't think I am quite there yet.
Maybe it makes sense that when people tell me having religion helps. I dunno...
