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How to Survive a Plane Crash
LiveScience ^
| July 8, 2013
| Marc Lallanilla
Posted on 07/09/2013 6:21:36 PM PDT by EveningStar
Your chances of surviving an airplane crash, like the recent crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport, are surprisingly good.
More than 95 percent of the airplane passengers involved in a crash survive, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aviation; ntsb; planecrash; survival
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:22:02 PM PDT
by
EveningStar
("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
To: EveningStar
How to Survive a Plane Crash Don't be in the plane.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:22:38 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: SampleMan
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:24:37 PM PDT
by
sasquatch
To: EveningStar
At the very last instant, unbuckle your seat belt and jump up.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:26:32 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: EveningStar
Probably because he didn’t fly into a mountain side. In that case there is NO survivors. Even the ones that fastened their seat belts.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:26:36 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
To: EveningStar
The two that were killed were run over by the first responders. Or so I’ve been told.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:27:15 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: SampleMan
Yep, don’t fly ... you will have a 99.9 percent chance of surviving a plane crash, .1 percent chance a crashing plane will fall on you.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:29:03 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Get our troops the hell out of the ME)
To: SkyDancer
I thought one of them was run over. Both?
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:29:27 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
To: bigheadfred
Right - One was but then all the evidence isn’t in. Who knows. It was tragic from the get-go.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:31:32 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: SkyDancer
If you crash in the water, do not inflate your life vest until you get out, completely out, of the plane. Otherwise you will float to the top of the cabin and stay there until it sinks. And you will not have the strength to make your way to a door which will usually be below the water line.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:32:14 PM PDT
by
Battle Axe
(Repent, for the coming of the Lord is nigh.)
To: EveningStar
Actually any speed over 55mph will kill you, seat belt or not.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:32:18 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: Battle Axe
That is true - what makes me laugh is the water emergency talk when flying from Denver to like Atlanta GA ....
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:33:54 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: fish hawk
Probably because he didnt fly into a mountain side. In that case there is NO survivors. Even the ones that fastened their seat belts.
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Pilot to Co-pilot:
Say, Bob, what do you suppose a mountain goat is doing way up here in the clouds?
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:34:40 PM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: EveningStar
I find this quite a pile of steaming BS.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:35:31 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: EveningStar
There was a time on my life when I flew a great deal for business, and like many people, after years and hundreds of thousands of miles, I started feeling a little ill at ease, as if I'd used up my luck or something.
I started paying close attention to what sort of plane I was being booked onto, and seating in particular. My rules were, aisle seat near but not on an exit row, count the seats so I could find it even if I couldn't see, sit toward the middle of the plane, and if the plane actually did crash, get out get out get out, as soon as the thing stops sliding. Fire on the ground kills far more people than impact. I tried to schedule around likelihood of summer thunderstorms and would reschedule if icing was a concern.
Never had to put those rules to the test. Had many rough flights, several hard landings, but never anything requiring the use of an emergency exit.
To: SkyDancer
“The two that were killed were run over by the first responders. Or so Ive been told.”
That is incorrect! There is the possibility that ONE of the dead was hit be a vehicle, but the definitive information is not yet made public.
To: loungitude
“Say, Bob, what do you suppose a mountain goat is doing way up here in the clouds?”
Bwahahaha!!! My favorite Farside ever.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:44:02 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: RegulatorCountry
I have the same process as you. I try not to fly unless I have to. I use to fly the Newark to Sao Paolo route frequently and that stray bump at 3am over the Atlantic use to scare the heck out of me.
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posted on
07/09/2013 6:45:22 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
To: Georgia Girl 2; loungitude
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