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Bracing for impact is a bad idea. Let me explain...
Have you ever noticed that in drunk driving accidents, the drunk person almost always survives? Here's why. When you're sober, and you know that you're about to get hurt you instinct is to protect yourself (i.e. If you trip, you put your hands out to catch your fall). Therefore, when you see the drunk driver coming at you, you tense up. The drunk person is in a state of increased relaxation or limpness at the time of an accident. Somehow, they survive.
In conclusion, I wouldn't brace for impact. I'd pretend that I'm drunk and relax.
I'm not sure this is the same thing. First, leaning over into a position does not mean you are tensing up per se. Second, aircraft have lap belts only and cars have shoulder belts which at least somewhat keep your torso from flying forward on impact. With a lap belt, you essentially are creating a hinge point and you will end up with your bead close to your knees anyway, The closer it is, the less speed your head will pick up before it hits the seat and or your knees.
in the 1974 Turkish Airlines disaster (346 fatalities) the belts cut people in half. on impact i think the you tube video on that was absolutely horrendous(showing the gaping hole in the floor as the plane was falling)
Why don't plane seats face backwards? would that not help?
I flew across the Pacific in 1963 in a military transport fitted with rear-facing seats. I think the airlines figure the flying public wouldn't like it.
in the 1974 Turkish Airlines disaster (346 fatalities) the belts cut people in half. on impact i think the you tube video on that was absolutely horrendous(showing the gaping hole in the floor as the plane was falling)
They had time to film what they were going through. Did they also rate the stewardesses on service?
although obviously they took corrective action so that cargo doors are professionally latched, the thought is still there even after 40 years when a plane takes off, like what about the cargo doors, are they latched?
that was 3/3/74 and 17 years later on the same date (3/3/91) there was a disaster in Colorado Springs
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Not sure how great I would feel if I crashed in that position but if I needed to I could!
