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> I simply don't understand some cabins that have cocktail bars in them - are you absolutely crazy? Air pockets are horrific, and there is nothing pilots can do
by closewith 2y ago
> I simply don't understand some cabins that have cocktail bars in them - are you absolutely crazy? Air pockets are horrific, and there is nothing pilots can do to avoid unexpected ones.
The answer is that you're far more likely to choke on an olive at the bar than die due to turbulence.
- gpderetta 2y agoInterestingly a quick search can't find any hit for people dying by choking on a airplane bar. A few hits for turbulence though.
- dataengineer56 2y agoMaybe because choking to death is so common that it doesn't warrant news articles?
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoI guarantee you that if someone chokes to death on a Boeing airplane, it will make the news now.
- portaouflop 2y agoAbout 6000 people choke to death in the US every year. A couple hundred died during turbulences in the last 20 years. Data on olives/airline bars is inconclusive
- bergen 2y agoThe frequency of "eating stuff" should be a multiple of "being on a plane" I would assume
- portaouflop 2y agostatistic is hard :(
- gpderetta 2y agoYes, but 6000 people don't choke eating olives at an airplane bar.
- banish-m4 2y agoLearn the Heimlich and self-Heimlich.