Emergency Exit
Imagine this: you and eight buddies go on a trip.
You’re all in a plane when suddenly, while in flight, a wing falls off.
Can you imagine, what it would be like, to have a reunion with your friends in, say, a week from the unhappy event.
Reminiscing about the lucky coincidence that you all happened to be wearing … parachutes when the incident happened?
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Just a guess here – but do you think the cause of the crash MIGHT be the fact the wing fell off? 🙂
I indeed DO think that that’s quite a plausible inference you just made there.
Not that that causality was lost on me, btw.
I already was quite convinced that a plane that has one or more of its wings fall off during flight is not likely to set a track record for safety.
(Although, having 9 out of 11 people survive it, probably IS a record)
🙂 I wasn’t poking fun at you – just the original author of that article. Instead of asking what caused the plane to CRASH they should have asked, “WTF – a WING fell off! Why!!?!?!”
But yes, 9 of 11 is amazing. I wonder if I flew commercial again (hoping I never have to) if they would let me wear a parachute? No? Well, that sucks!
“if I flew commercial again (hoping I never have to)”
May I infer from that that you prefer flying military? (as oposed to ‘commercial’) In which case I must point out that ‘commerical’ flights have a much better safety record!
Considering what I have seen people dressed in on ‘commercial’ flights, I’m sure they would let you wear a parachute!
Make sure you’re seated in an emergency exit row though! Beating 210 people to the chase may make a parachute .. well .. just another obstacle.
Oh, and ask to be seated on the side where the wing will fall off: that gives you an unobstructed jump!
On second thought: don’t ask for that!
Actually I meant, “as opposed to charter/private flights”. The last three times I flew was with a charter or private pilot – and those were painless – fun even!
And I always book my ticket on the emergency exit seat. Doesn’t everyone?