Many times we live our lives as it comes. Life can be fun and sometimes though. Whatever shade life throws at us, we have the grace and strength to sail through.

Reading some aviation news today and came across this news on New york post.
https://nyp.st/2Hu2LHu

It is about an Engine explosion of an airplane during a flight with passenger onboard.

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Wow...wow...wow, does that sound scary? Yeah sure it does.

There were no casualties. all crews and passenger disembarked safely.

This news actually gave me some deep thought of reflection of what I do. As pilots, you are trained to handle any kind of emergency on board the airplane, inflight or on ground. These trainings are meant to prepare us to save lives to the best of our ability.

how prepared are you really in the real emergency situations.

In my many(few as I see it) years of commercial flying, I have not been faced with an actual life threatening emergencies. And oh...thanking God daily for that.

In this case of engine explosion on air, there is loss of cabin pressure(due to the damaged window), loss of one engine, and possibly loss of some electronic devices. Believe me, it is too much of an emergency for pilots to deal with at the same time.

Emergency decent
Rapid depressurization
Engine failure in flight
Emergency landing
Evacuation

In as much as we are trained to take care of such situations, flying happens fast and some of these actions, if not carried out in seconds could result to disaster.

That brings me to question:

How prepared are you in an actual emergency situations as a crew?

On the other hand:

Reading the reactions of passengers on board the flight and watching the video, makes me realize that I have never really given a thought to what my state of mind would be as a passenger. Would I really stay calm and trust my life in the hands of some pilots I do not see nor know how confidence they are in that situation?

Often have people tell me, how scared they are whenever they fly. The reality dawned on me, it is easy to stay calm as a crew who is in control and knows exactly what is happening. But same cannot be said for a passenger.

Now as a passenger, I am sure I will pass out in these scenario....lol

Realities are different from fictions, simulations, acting. Many times we are never prepared enough. The present state of things actually determines how prepared and how well we can handle certain situations in life.

Lesson learnt:

Never be a judge or be too quick to condemn when you have not wore the same shoes.

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