Dreaming of a plane crash
Meaning and interpretation
What does dreaming of a plane crash mean?
Dreaming of a plane crash often evokes fear that a big project or ambition will collapse. The plane is momentum, altitude, goals; the crash, the sudden fall of those hopes. The dream is also very common before a trip, in people afraid of flying, with no deeper meaning.
What it's often linked to
Ambitions falling. Fear that an important project will fail all at once.
Loss of control. On a plane you don't fly it: you trust, or you endure.
Anticipation. A planned trip, a fear of flying expressing itself at night.
Depending on what happens in the dream
Surviving the crash
An ability to bounce back after failure, or hope of getting through.
Watching a plane crash
Witnessing someone else's failure, or a shared project going down.
A plane losing altitude
A situation gradually getting worse.
Flying the plane
The weight of responsibility, of having to control everything.
A crash onto your house
An outside event upending your private life.
Questions to ask yourself when you wake up
A dream's meaning lives in your own context, not in a dictionary. These three questions get you there faster.
- 1
Which project or hope are you afraid of seeing fall?
- 2
Do you have a flight coming up?
- 3
Do you feel like a passenger in your own life right now?
A dream predicts nothing and diagnoses nothing. If a distressing dream keeps coming back and weighs on your days, talk to a health professional.
