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> "So I started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing seatbelt was launched immedi
by sva_ 2y ago
> "So I started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling," 28-year-old student Dzafran Azmir said.
> "Some people hit their heads on the baggage cabins overhead and dented it, they hit the places where lights and masks are and broke straight through it."
That's why I try to keep my seatbelt on at all times, ever since I went through some rough turbulences on my way to Dubai (layover)
- rob74 2y agoYup... I still don't understand why people decide to not put on their seatbelt while being seated. It's not like you have a lot more freedom of movement without the seatbelt? And it might just save your life in events like this one.
- portaouflop 2y agoDon’t tell me what to do!
- dailykoder 2y agoWhat's not to understand about this? Airplanes are just super f'in safe and most people just think that nothing will ever happen to them, because rarely anything happens. Things do happen, but walking around the plane is cooler
- pfdietz 2y agoPeople aren't killed on airline flight very often. Usually no more than once.
- Aeolun 2y ago> Usually If you have any stories about people that died on an airplane more than once, do tell :)
- spacedcowboy 2y agoI think that was humour, but I could see someone having multiple heart attacks perhaps- and being technically dead, coming back with … encouragement given by CPR, and then sadly dying from a second heart attack/stroke/stoved-in-ribs…
- dailykoder 2y agoWell, in the end darwinism still works, even tho we try very hard to fight against it.
- andybak 2y agoI've never seen turbulence like this. And until fairly recently I didn't know it was really possible. So it's a bit like "why don't people wear a welding mask while cooking?" It was never even a risk that I had considered before.
- dboreham 2y agoGuessing you are on the younger side. People my age know to wear the seat belt due to watching coverage of aloha flight 243 in 1988.
- andybak 2y agoNo. I'm 53 and I didn't watch anything about that flight. I wasn't watching much TV at that stage of my life.
- DHowett 2y ago> So it's a bit like "why don't people wear a welding mask while cooking?" Your kitchen does not have staff telling you to make sure you are wearing a welding mask. It may also lack appropriate indicator lamps that tell you when it is a good time to wear your welding mask. It is also not standard practice in all kitchens. It’s actually not like airplane seatbelts at all, where they are ubiquitous and the risks of not wearing them are fairly well-documented.
- andybak 2y ago> Your kitchen does not have staff telling you to make sure you are wearing a welding mask. The advice to wear your seat belt throughout the flight are hardly clear and emphatic. They often make it sound like something they have to say to cover their asses. There's certainly no clear comms around the risk of death and serious injury. I have no idea in this case whether the indicators went on in time but I obviously wasn't arguing in favour of ignoring those. > the risks of not wearing them are fairly well-documented. Where? Where would I have seen this documentation? I'm 53 and I have no recollection of stumbling across it. (also - please reconsider your tone next time. It feels like you're trying to get me riled up)
- lm28469 2y agoSame in buses, every now and then you have deadly accidents, most deaths are due to people not using the belts and getting slammed around. It's one of the most easily avoidable death Look at that one for example, the few people who had belt will most likely be fine, on the other hand people without belts got thrown around like ragdolls and many died: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldfgEJpIgKM&rco=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldfgEJpIgKM&rco=1
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoLots of buses don't have belts for passengers. I don't recall ever seeing a school bus with belts for the kids, nor belts on rny city bus.
- seoulmetro 2y agoIn East Asia bus systems are much better than they are in most other countries. Buses travel everywhere and if they enter highways they usually have seatbelts. But people still just avoid them because there are a lot of "don't follow safety" social hivemind ideas.
- globular-toast 2y agoI think it's something to do with being rebellious. Of course at work they do what they're told while building wealth for someone else. But something that really only benefits them... Nah. I've run into a lot of people like this, sadly.
- me_me_me 2y agoand the belt can be loosen up so you will not notice it that is there. I always find it amusing that the moment the seat-belts light goes off everyone unbuckles across the plane
- pfdietz 2y agoIt's also so if a window fails you don't get sucked all the way out (although you can still be killed if you're sucked partially out, as happened on a Southwest Airlines flight to an unfortunate passenger.)
- maxglute 2y agoI think more people would belt up if they have animations of people cracking necks or getting sucked out of window in the preflight video.
- ec109685 2y agoProbably would result in less people flying, more people driving, resulting in more deaths overall.
- pfdietz 2y agoSo, combine it with pictures of what happens when you don't wear a seatbelt in a car.
- junga 2y agoBut this does not happen to you because you are an exceptionally good driver.
- seoulmetro 2y agoI don't understand this weird line of thinking. Don't do positive X because some people might respond to it in a weird way and do neutral Y. Cattling statistics like this is silly. If you showed fat people images of obesity and said that they'd be healthier if they lost their weight, you would also cattle the statistics and look at how many fat people decided to suicide versus how many took the advice (or didn't)? What a dumb way to construct advice.
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- Intermernet 2y agoI recently flew ANA and they advise all passengers to keep their seatbelts on at all times when seated. It seems like simple advice. I do the same thing when I'm driving. I don't find it uncomfortable in the slightest, even sleeping. Maybe others have a different experience, but turbulence isn't that rare. I've had serious turbulence on many flights. Probably the worst was final approach / landing in Frankfurt with perfectly blue skies. The atmosphere does weird things.
- dude187 2y agoI find sleeping on a plane more comfortable with a seat belt on actually. I hook my thumbs into it and it gives me more support for my hands and arms. Might not be great for my thumbs in that kind of situation though...
- Arn_Thor 2y agoI’ve flown internationally for a decade and it was only around 2018-20 I noticed most airlines reminding you to keep your seat belt fastened. Before that it seemed like the exception, not the rule.
- arnon 2y agoEvery single airline says this for the last 15 years at least. On some routes you see lots of loose seatbelts (Middle East, Africa). On European flights, everyone has the seatbelt on for the entire flight.
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- banish-m4 2y agoI think it should be required industry-wide. If you are seated, seatbelts must be worn and no loitering standing up. It is the case in most countries seatbelts must be worn while terrestrial vehicles are in motion.
- kylehotchkiss 2y agoI recall a very specific emirates turbulence experience which was hours of relatively mild medium bumps over Iran. The bumps weren’t as notable as much as the duration was. Seatbelts always for me too!
- harnsit 2y agothanks for changing my life!