Mine is the fear of flying. I used to be a great flyer and loved every second. That was until I was on a flight back from Florida to New York in 1998 and we were landing in thick fog. The pilot told us there would be a little turbulence, but that we would be landing in 10 minutes time. Except, what he actually said was 2 minutes time and i had misheard.
So in my head, ten minutes was the expected ETA... then while I was casually looking out the window at the fog, I suddenly see the nose of another plane and its flashing wing lights right next to my own plane and i completely shat it! Our plane then landed with a thud on the runway about a second later, and i realised that the plane i had just saw, was actually taxiing to the runway. For that split second though, i thought it was going into side of us mid-air and all because i had misheard the ETA and the fact the fog was thick at ground level... I almost didnt get on the next flight home and have been terrified of flying ever since, though i do still do it!!
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As the title suggests!
Mine is the fear of flying. I used to be a great flyer and loved every second. That was until I was on a flight back from Florida to New York in 1998 and we were landing in thick fog. The pilot told us there would be a little turbulence, but that we would be landing in 10 minutes time. Except, what he actually said was 2 minutes time and i had misheard.
So in my head, ten minutes was the expected ETA... then while I was casually looking out the window at the fog, I suddenly see the nose of another plane and its flashing wing lights right next to my own plane and i completely shat it! Our plane then landed with a thud on the runway about a second later, and i realised that the plane i had just saw, was actually taxiing to the runway. For that split second though, i thought it was going into side of us mid-air and all because i had misheard the ETA and the fact the fog was thick at ground level... I almost didnt get on the next flight home and have been terrified of flying ever since, though i do still do it!!
So whats your's?