So worried about my family going on a plane

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A few people in my family are all going to America near the end of this year, and now that I have heard about a plane gone missing between Vietnam and Malaysia (or wherever it is), it's made me worry sick about my family getting on a plane again, in case that happens to the plane they are getting. I am lonely, isolated and insecure enough, without suddenly losing most of my family all in one go, and my close relatives are the only people in the world I actually lack social phobia with and can be myself.

Yes I know I will lose them one day blah blah blah and all that crap but not everyone in my family are all going to die from old age in one day, and anyway as they get old they start getting ill and you sort of expect it to happen soon. But just suddenly getting killed in a plane crash is more of an untimely thing, and it's disturbingly sad to know that they will never come home again.

I know they could all die together some other way, like in a car crash, but for some reason losing your loved ones in a plane crash seems to sound more terrifying, as it will be on the news and on the front of all the newspapers, and everyone just casually looks at it and shakes their head, and there's me like ''THAT'S MY FAMILY KILLED IN THERE!! !!''

I just don't know how I would go on, as I can't even cope now being friendless and boyfriendless, let alone familyless as well.
I mean, all the people in that plane are most probably dead now, and what are all their families back at home feeling? What if one lonely fretful person like me was worrying about his or her family going on a plane, and they just said ''oh, it won't happen, thousands of planes fly out every day!'' and then now the awfully unexpected has happened - that fretful person has lost his or her family in a plane death.

Ohh I can't stop feeling sick with worry!! !! !! !! !! !

My mother used to fly everywhere for work, and this was such a fear for me, I would watch the news looking for a plane crash. She stills flies somewhat and has been on hundreds of flights. The planes in Asia aren't held to as rigorous standards as planes in the US or UK.

About once or twice a year my parents fly down south or someplace warmer in the States. They just got back from a trip to Las Vegas. I was more like fantasizing about them striking it rich at a game, although they thankfully don't gamble much, than something awful happening to them. Funny thing is only a few days before they left I had a dream that a plane made a huge nose-dive and crashed right outside my apartment. There were no flames or signs of death or other destruction but a small crowd of people had already gathered to stare. I was at first afraid my parents were in the plane but then remembered they don't use the local airport, they drive all the way to the one in Halifax. In fact I should be more worried about them driving anywhere that's really far because people drive like lunatics and I was once told they're even worse in Halifax than over here.

My dad's place is right in 1 of the 2 most used approach patterns at LAX, about a dozen Speedbird flights go right past every day, the last time anything remotely hazardous happened (excepting the TSA agent shooting) was in 2006 when the French-built aircraft had a bad nose gear. Although I don't subscribe to this obsession the airlines have with minimizing the number of engines in use, the reality is that transoceanic flights are rather dull in the manner of which they're carried out - one is probably more likely to have the drug-sniffing dog whiz on their leg than anything catastrophic to happen.

I am also anxious about planes. I know that statistically they are very safe and more safe than most other ways of travel, but that doesn't comfort me much. So I sympathize.

My post is pure humor ok? I am afraid to fly and when I have to it helps me to laugh at myself. Let me tell you two stories. One, Ron White, the comedian, he was on a plan where the engines started going out. He was passed out and he guy in the seat next to him woke him up. Plan was sputtering and going all over. The guy said "How far do you think we will make it?" Ron said "All the way to the scene of the crash. I bet we beat the ambulance there by 15 minutes".

Another one is Willie Nelson. He was in a very small plane crash. He climbed out of the wreckage holding his beer and yelled "I didn't spill my beer!"

You don't always die in plan crashes. Sometimes you don't even spill your beer.

Planes are actually safer than riding in a car.. I don't know the offical statistic but I'm pretty sure the mortality rate for car crashes is around 75 times worse per year or so.

Plane crashes are so rare, they make the news a lot. If every car accident made the news, we'd be petrified to drive.

your more likely to get molested by the TSA than crash

That is hilarious and probably true these days.

Aviation has become a very safe industry over the years. A lot of this is due to the investigation of accidents and incidents and implementation of numerous safety standards resulting from the lessons learned from those accidents. The Malaysia Airlines aircraft in question, the Boeing 777, was first introduced in 1995 and this would be only the 3rd Hull loss accident of that aircraft type and only the second resulting in fatalities. The first hull loss accident of a 777 was in 2008 and all passengers survived. A lot of the news media like to create hysteria as this improves ratings and makes for a "good" story.

Airline travel is the safest transportation by passenger miles travelled and quite high, when using the insurance industries measure of safety, as number of passenger trips to accidents. The important thing is to make sure you fly with a reputable airline with a good safety record. Qantas for example has not had a fatal crash since 1951. Hopefully this helps to put you more at ease .

I understand why You're feeling worried for Your family members traveling to America by Plane, let me just tell You this, its more likely that You'll win the Lottery than die in a plane crash, the only thing that usually happens midway through plane flights is a little shaking and rattling with the plane, this is called turbulence and is normal so don't worry.

For some reason like You, when people I know go on things like planes or long coach journeys for a long time, a thought always crosses my mind of a worst case scenario happening, but I usually brush it off within a few minutes, so its all good.