After an uneventful exit.... the pilot dove the airplane 180 degrees right at me and my tandem passenger. how we got so lucky?!?! not sure.
A near-death experience is a personal experience associated with impending death, encompassing multiple possible sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light.
Explanatory models for the NDE can be divided into several broad categories, including psychological, physiological, and transcendental explanations. Research from neuroscience considers the NDE to be a hallucinatory state caused by various physiological and psychological factors. (source : wikipedia)