Recently I was sitting on a plane in a window seat of a full aircraft and started to feel panic as the plane SAT AND SAT on the tarmac for HOURS during an unexplained flight delay. I felt so closed in and helpless. I could not get up and leave- I was trapped on that plane and no matter what I did I was not able to get away from the situation.

There was no word from the flight deck when we would take off --I started to wonder if there was another terror attack and we would be stuck on the plane for days (like the diverted passengers on planes in Canada on September 11th). The airline could keep us on this cramped flight for days legally!

So was it crazy to panic during a long delay? (I have been on 100s of flights but never felt this way before!)