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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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Don't be in the plane.
Beat me by minutes...
At the very last instant, unbuckle your seat belt and jump up.
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.
The two that were killed were run over by the first responders. Or so I’ve been told.
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.
I thought one of them was run over. Both?
Right - One was but then all the evidence isn’t in. Who knows. It was tragic from the get-go.
Actually any speed over 55mph will kill you, seat belt or not.
That is true - what makes me laugh is the water emergency talk when flying from Denver to like Atlanta GA ....
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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Pilot to Co-pilot:
Say, Bob, what do you suppose a mountain goat is doing way up here in the clouds?
I find this quite a pile of steaming BS.
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.
“The two that were killed were run over by the first responders. Or so I’ve 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.
“Say, Bob, what do you suppose a mountain goat is doing way up here in the clouds?”
Bwahahaha!!! My favorite Farside ever.
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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