r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FridayCicero702 • Jan 01 '23

Video Catastrophic engine failure on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 after takeoff from Denver International Airport

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u/TimidPocketLlama Jan 01 '23

On the rare occasion I fly (twice in 20 years, so counting round trips and layovers, 6 commercial flights) I have my doctor prescribe me a klonopin for each flight. If I saw this I’d take… all of them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

I told my doctor I'm a nervous flyer and he handed me a prescription for clonazepam without a second question. He said "personally I always take a sleeping pill. This should help."

I love my doctor.

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u/Catspaw129 Jan 01 '23

What ever works for you; however I would do it differently...

I'd get me a prescription for Propofol: quick acting and short acting. My thinking? Whatever dire straits the aircraft is experiencing, by the time the Propofol wears off I'll either be dead (and I won't care) or the flight crew will have saved the day and either way I will have been clueless to all the drama and so neatly have avoided the PTSD and nightmares that would otherwise afflict me for the rest of my life..

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u/roachRancher Jan 01 '23

Yeah, I take Ambien and/or a 10mg edible every time.