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Rejected Take-Off

Monarch’s Three Rejected Take-Offs

You may or may not have seen this story featured in the UK media, but for those of you that have it’s simply another example of bored journalists sensationalising stories in order to sell papers – and generally breeding a fear of flying amongst the general public.

In fact, SKY News reported that the passengers were ‘evacuated’ after each failed take-off attempt. The word evacuation implies an emergency situation. In truth, the passengers disembarked [click to continue reading this article…]

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The Fear of Flying: What is a Rejected Take-Off

Many people’s fear of flying stems from a previous bad experience whilst flying. I had an email conversation with a reader yesterday. This person had not been on a plane for 12 years due to what she described as an emergency on her last flight.

Naturally, I wanted to hear the details to enable me to better understand her fear. She described the incident as follows; [click to continue reading this article…]

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