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Maybe it's safer /not/ to wear a seatbelt. It was hard to find good stats with quick googling, but this old source[1] suggests that blood clots during flights
by acallahan 10y ago
Maybe it's safer /not/ to wear a seatbelt.
It was hard to find good stats with quick googling, but this old source[1] suggests that blood clots during flights are the greater risk, killing at least 2,000 people in the UK per year. I suspect that keeping a seatbelt off while cruising lets you shift around more mid flight and would give a small decrease in the frequency of clots.
[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1109406.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1109406.stm
- lutorm 10y agoYou don't need to wear it tight (like you do with a car seat belt), we're not talking about tens of G accelerations like in a car crash. All you need is for it to prevent you from flying up out of your seat.