Would you fly on Boeing? Terrified flyers take to TikTok to say they'd be changing flights

Terrified flyers are taking to TikTok to say they will be changing their flights from Boeing airplanes and travelling with anti-anxiety medication as the aircraft manufacturer battles an ongoing safety crisis.

Aviation giant Boeing has suffered a third crash in just two days as it seems the aviation firm has been plagued by daily mechanical failures.  

As the embattled firm finds itself under harsh scrutiny over a string of safety disasters, people are taking to social media to tell of how they will be avoiding the aircraft or be travelling with medication to calm their anxiety.

One TikToker posted a video of himself onboard a Boeing flight at Heathrow Airport, with the caption 'About to hop on a Boeing flight drunk, wish me luck'.

Meanwhile, one person tweeted: 'Might miss my flight for the first time ever. Not tripping though cos it's a Boeing. Might be dodging a bullet here.'

The Boeing 737 jet carrying 73 passengers caught on fire and suffered serious damage when a failed takeoff attempt sent it skidding off the runway early this morning

Shocking footage showed the moment the plane attempted an emergency landing, smashing down into the runway and scraping its nose along the concrete

Earlier today, a Boeing 737-800 had its tyre burst during a landing at Gazipasa airport, near the Mediterranean coastal town of Alanya in Turkey. 

A total of 190 people were evacuated from the aircraft, with pictures showing the stationary aircraft on the tarmac flanked by emergency vehicles - its front wheels and landing gear crumpled underneath.

And just this morning, terrifying footage emerged of passengers fleeing as a burning Boeing 737-300 jet with 78 travelers skidded off the runway and caught fire during a take-off in Senegal.

On Wednesday, a Boeing 767 cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport in Turkey after its front landing gear failed.

A dramatic clip of the moment the cargo plane - which was operated by FedEx - skidded across the runway widely circulated on social media.

It comes as Boeing has already been suffering multiple safety incidents, with a near-catastrophic incident in January when a fuselage panel on a 737 MAX 9 Alaska Airlines jet blew off mid-flight.

A second terrified TikToker took to the app in March to post a video on 'how to avoid flying on the Boeing 737 Max' as she told of how she 'immediately' cancelled and changed her flight after realising it was a Boeing 737 MAX 9.

A third offered a two minute explanation in a TikTok video as to why she 'refuses' to fly the Boeing 737 MAX.

The person said: 'I think the MAX has major, major problems... I'm not an aviation expert and I'm not going to claim to be, but that does not sit well with me. It's not a plane I want to be on.'

Travel expert Jane Hawkes, at ladyjaney.co.uk, has warned that while it is unlikely the crashes will lead to people avoiding Boeing aircraft specifically, it could deter anxious flyers from flying more generally. 

The nose of the plane is seen resting on the runway as emergency workers and inspectors look on 

She said: 'Customer consumers will be keeping an eye on this. But most people don't look out for what aircraft they are flying on so I doubt they will be avoiding flying with Boeing.

'What I do fear is that instead, some flyers may fear flying generally. For anxious flyers, it makes their decision over whether to fly much harder in general.

'You could find that people will be more wary of flying.'

She added: 'However, there are safety measures in place, there are procedures in place and safety is paramount.'

In March, an aviation expert said Boeing needed to 'bulldoze their entire board' as he warned its flaw-plagued planes are 10 years behind rival Airbus' offerings.

Speaking to The Free Press about Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft, airplane expert Mike Boyd said: 'Instead of building airplanes, all they cared about was building the bottom line. They threw the MAX together at the last minute. 

The aviation expert added that safety issues are only part of the problem, and that Airbus, their main competitor, are now ten years ahead of them. 

He said: '[Boeing] has nothing on the drawing boards. Firing a few executives isn’t going to change Boeing. What they need to do is take a bulldozer to the entire board of directors.'

Meanwhile, Paul Charles, of global luxury travel consultancy The PC Agency, assured passengers that Boeing aircraft is still safe to fly on.

He said: 'While there may be some travellers who are a little nervous, there is still a very strong safety record considering the thousands of flights taking off and departing each day using Boeing aircraft. 

'If anything, the heightened awareness will ensure that maintenance teams at each airline are on higher alert with any Boeing aircraft that may be in their fleets. 

'And Boeing’s safety processes will now be at their most rigorous in light of the changes in their senior leadership team, so as to fix their issues.'