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Why you should always wear a seatbelt in an airplane.
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:01 pm
by Turbine
This is why you should always wear a seatbelt in an airplane. Just as demonstrated in the first episode of the TV series "Lost".
TOKYO (CP) - Four flight attendants were injured when an Air Canada flight encountered severe turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Sunday.
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Four of the 11 cabin attendants, all Canadian nationals, were injured when the plane, a Boeing 767, hit a patch of turbulence about an hour after departing Shanghai, China, for Vancouver, airport police official Masatoshi Uchiumi said.
Uchiumi said their injuries were mostly scratches and bruises, and not life-threatening. He did not have details on exactly how they were injured.
None of the flight's passengers were hurt, he added.
Angela Mah, a Vancouver-based spokeswoman for the airline, confirmed in a telephone interview that Air Canada Flight 38 had just taken off from Shanghai when it ran into severe turbulence.
According to Uchiumi there were 186 passengers on board, but Mah said there were 190.
The four injured flight attendants were sent to hospital to be looked over, Mah said.
"Three of the four flight attendants have been released from hospital and we expect that the fourth will be released in the hours to come," she said.
The Air Canada mishap occurred only hours after a Japanese domestic flight heading for Tokyo also ran into severe turbulence, injuring a cabin attendant and a passenger before landing safely at Haneda Airport as scheduled.
The JAL Flight 1348, carrying 373 passengers and 11 crew from Kobe, 435 kilometres west of Tokyo, unexpectedly hit a turbulence just as it reached cruising altitude near Itami City, about 30 minutes into the flight, airline spokesman Kenji Okuyama said.
One passenger smashed against the over storage compartment and cut his forehead when he tried to stand up just as the plane, a Boeing 777, hit turbulence and lost altitude, Okuyama said.
The flight had been smooth and the seatbelt signs were turned off until the sudden bout of turbulence, he said.
Mah said turbulence severe enough to cause injuries is rare and she couldn't recall any other recent occurrence involving an Air Canada plane.
Source: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/air_ ... cy_landing
They didn't have seatbelt's on and flew out of their seats and hit the overhead compartments. So next time on a plane when you think it is "cool" no to have a seatbelt on think about it. I encountered a similar situation once when was flying over Montreal. The plane droped so hard and suddenly that I felt the seatbelt keep me in the seat. There where many people in the cabin that screamed. No doubt because, momentarily, they hovered over their seats. This why I always heave a seatbelt on in a plane. Turbilance is not something you predict.
And pluss, whats with all the turbilence there, all of a sudden?
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:05 pm
by tnf
Wow...thanks for the warning. I always thought I was such a stud for ignoring the seatbelt light, even though I knew of Newton's First Law.
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:17 pm
by seremtan
I LIEK TURBULENCE
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:20 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
enlightening for sure. larf that this is news-worthy.
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:36 pm
by tnf
You should also wear your seatbelt when driving, because if you smash into something you may be ejected from your seat.
The original news story in this thread should be about as big of a surprise to anyone.
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:46 pm
by seremtan
i wear a seatbelt on the toilet. when i dump, i go places
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:54 pm
by mjrpes
The point he was getting at is there is still a chance of violent turbulence, even if the seatbelt light is off. Yeah most of us know this already but for others out there this could be a moment of 'enlightenment'.
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:57 pm
by Pext
If you're lucky you might even die during something like this: Just imagine you bounce, crash your head into the ceiling and break your neck. I've got some friends whose relatives work at lufthansa. When i was on the plane with them, they told me to allways wear the seatbelt because of this.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:00 am
by shaft
This is why you should always wear a helmet in an airplane.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:47 am
by seremtan
oh, did you say turbulence? i thought you said 'flatulence'
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:59 am
by stocktroll
most pointless thread ever?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:29 am
by rep
Two words: Explosive decompression.
It happens to several planes a year, usually nothing serious, but in the last few decades there have been a number of casualties because a door or cargo hatch blew off and passengers were blown out.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:57 am
by Dr_Watson
mjrpes wrote:The point he was getting at is there is still a chance of violent turbulence, even if the seatbelt light is off. Yeah most of us know this already but for others out there this could be a moment of 'enlightenment'.
i think its better if people learn a painful lesson about being an idiot.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:47 am
by Captain
Had a lot of turbulence on my flight to Finland, most conveniently everytime I was about to insert a chunk of food into my mouth. Oh and always wear your seatbelts...unless you're a moran...ne questions???
seremtan wrote:i wear a seatbelt on the toilet. when i dump, i go places
That purple, double-headed giraffe got a restraining order on me
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:50 am
by Nightshade
rep wrote:Two words: Explosive decompression.
It happens to several planes a year, usually nothing serious, but in the last few decades there have been a number of casualties because a door or cargo hatch blew off and passengers were blown out.
KEEERIST you're a retard.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:53 am
by R00k
I hit some bad turbulence flying to into Dulles earlier this year. The plane felt like it dropped out from under me, and I probably came about 4 inches off the seat. I had just ordered a cup of coke, and since the cup dropped out from under the coke, I got it dumped all over me.
This didn't make me wish I had been wearing a seat belt - but I did decide to only have containers with screw tops on them from that point forward.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:56 am
by 4days
rep wrote:Two words: Explosive decompression.
It happens to several planes a year, usually nothing serious, but in the last few decades there have been a number of casualties because a door or cargo hatch blew off and passengers were blown out.
lol
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:58 am
by Nightshade
I remember reading an article about the the MD-11 when it first started service. One was flying along at cruise altitude when the leading edge slats unintentionally deployed. The turbulence was so bad that one passenger was thrown against the roof of the cabin so hard it broke his neck.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:00 am
by Dr_Watson
Captain Mazda wrote:Had a lot of turbulence on my flight to Finland, most conveniently everytime I was about to insert a chunk of food into my mouth. Oh and always wear your seatbelts...unless you're a moran...ne questions???
seremtan wrote:i wear a seatbelt on the toilet. when i dump, i go places
That purple, double-headed giraffe got a restraining order on me
could have been worse... imagine the consequences had you been trying to insert a cock into your mouth.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:20 am
by tnf
did you know that an object at terminal velocity will actually slow down as it falls?
Re: Why you should always wear a seatbelt in an airplane.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:45 am
by LawL
Turbine wrote:So next time on a plane when you think it is "cool" no to have a seatbelt on think about it.
Who the fuck takes off their seatbelt on a plane because they think it's cool?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:16 am
by S@M
well, no one would NOW, but before this thread, its anyones guess.
I'm a seatbelt freak on planes - If the door does blow out, I wanna be nice an comfy as my seat spirals from 30, 000 feet to the ground, and the lifejacket is stored under the seat - with that altitude, there'd be plenty of time to whip it out, put it on and blow the attached whistle
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:21 am
by LawL
I always leave my seatbelt on simply because it's just as comfortable as it not being fastened - I don't even notice it there.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:47 am
by Captain
No need to worry about shit happening when you fly Qantas anyways. Same for Lufthansa and Finnair.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:07 am
by Deji
tnf wrote:did you know that an object at terminal velocity will actually slow down as it falls?
Assuming air pressure increase?