A Dreadful Flight!!

While I was lost in beauty of the wing flaps swinging against the wind passing through, a voice interrupted. It was the pilot in command on mic. “Due to insufficient fuel in tank, we are having to do an emergency landing. Passengers are requested to fasten their seat belts. Do not panic as our aircrew members would make sure that we land safely.”

Suddenly the left wing started rising high. The flight was bending to one side. My heart started pounding hard. Adding to our anxiety and thrill, the aircraft started giving jolts. The air was filled with brouhaha. Everyone was pale and stressed. The old ladies and kids started screaming in fear. I looked outside the window again. It seemed that the left and right wings were playing see-saw pivoting the helpless passengers. A shrieking beep emerged from the mic. It was the captain this time with an Italian accent. “We can see the passengers getting scared, which is quite natural at this time. We request you to keep calm and have patience. We are trying the best we can to land safely without any harm.”

I looked outside again. We were flying above the clouds at a great height. No trace of land. The sun was right at our left. The flight suddenly started getting jerks as if it were running on a corrugated runway. My heart was pounding in sync with the jolts. But the worst was still to come. With a regular dance of left and right bends, the plane started falling. Probably there was no enough fuel even to reach the nearest runway. This time the men too joined the screams. I could feel a strand of sweat trickling down my forehead. I could sense my heartbeat top in my skull. I felt like throwing up. I closed my eyes tight and gave up completely. 

The airplane was freefalling now. My eyes opened by default. I started cursing the gravitational force for being there. Tearing the clouds apart, our airplane was claiming to be the highest free-fall ride ever.  Now I could see a dense green forest under us. It was coming closer each millisecond. Only God knew what was next. The aircrew members had hibernated in the cockpit. Back there in my subconscious mind, the writer in me was getting prepared to blog this dreadful experience if we are saved.

The trees were tall. Finally our flight was going to come to an end. Our airplane chose a wide and dense tree to end this trauma. Tearing apart the tree with an enormous noise, our air carrier slipped down the branches, when someone threw a glass of water over my face. I opened my eyes and saw myself surrounded by people. I couldn’t understand what’s going on. All heads were staring hard at me. I was lying down. All were strangers to me. I looked around to find the co-passengers and the airplane I was in, but didn’t find any. I closed my eyes tight and opened to recollect what had happened. Suddenly I heard a familiar voice. It was my friend sitting beside me. “Have some water. You’ll feel better.” She helped me sit up.

“See I told you not to give away your blood, you didn’t listen. Now see you fainted!!” . Only then I realized it was only a dream. There was no plane, no air crash, nothing. Just a nightmare!!

Actually I had donated my blood in a blood donation camp held recently. But probably my body couldn’t bear the sudden blood loss. So I had lost my consciousness for a while. But the thrilling air crash experience it gave without an actual flight is worth penning down!! Someone gave me glucose water and some sweets to energize me. I sipped the sweet water and slipped away with a slant smile !!