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The biggest myth in the eyes of
passengers is that if your aircraft crashes, your dead anyway.
Wrong. Over 70% of airline accidents are survivable.
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71% of people who die in
survivable crashes, do so after the aircraft comes to a
complete stop. In many cases its because they
are unprepared for the crash. The following information
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People don't read the safety
card in the seat pocket in front of them. They don't know how
many seats to nearest exit! There are many things that people
don't do and in a toxic, smoke filled enviroment of a burning
aircraft they succumb to the smoke and toxic fumes. So pay
attention to the cabin attendants preflight safety briefing
and live. |
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Generally no because you cannot
predict the nature of the accident. Seated next to an
emergency exit is perhaps the safest seat, providing you are
willing and able to operate the exit door if directed by the
cabin attendants. If unprepared to do this you should ask for
a different seat. Regardless of where you are situated always
learn how many seats and directions to your nearest exit and
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Always try to wear a tight knit
natural fibre fabrics as these have the least tendancy to
burn. Dont wear synthentic nylon fabrics as they will melt and
burn into your skin. Try and cover as much of your body as
possible to prevent your skin coming into contact with fire.
Always wear leather boots/shoes to allow you to walk through
any wreakage. Don't wear high heal shoes as they have a
tendancy to catch on escape slides. Jeans and cotton long
sleave shirts are recommended. |
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By far the easiest and possibly
the most important thing passengers can do is to sit in their
seats, put their seatbelts on and leave them on. Without
seatbelts people have been injured from unpredicted
turbulence, sucked out from rapid decompressions or killed
whilst being thrown around the cabin in sudden impacts.
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There are many items which may
not be carried onto aircraft. If there is any doubt please
contact your airline for clarification and remember ignorance
is not an excuse under the law. The penalties are quite severe
in relation to carrying prohibited items onto aircraft.
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Aircraft have demonstrated
before certification that they can be evacuated at night, with
half the exits blocked in under 90 seconds. Unfortunately in
an evacuation people tend to try to take hand luggage with
them. Do not take hand luggage whilst evacuating an
aircraft - your life is in mortal danger. Sounds
silly doesn't it, so dont you be one of those
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If you can hold your breath for
30 seconds, which if you know what you are doing - is how long
it should take you to exit the aircraft, you can probably get
out alive.Once again you will need to intimately know where
your exits are. Count seats to exits so you can find them
in the dark. |
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In modern aircraft you may interfere with navigation
equipment and other critical aircraft systems. |
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