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| Subject: Expert explains how to survive "almost every" plane crash Sat Feb 11, 2017 9:58 pm | |
| Almost all aircraft accidents are survivable – with 87.7 per cent of incidents involving zero fatalities – but there’s one step which can massively increase your chances, an expert has explained.
Last year, crew members who were pulled from the wreckage of the plane crash which wiped out nearly an entire Brazilian football team said they had survived by "following emergency protocol’ – while other passengers stood up and screamed.
Specifically, the crew members remained seated, and huddled over to protect from the impact.
Adopting a ‘brace’ position, where passengers curl over and fasten seatbelts will prevent many of the most severe injuries incurred in crashes, an unnamed plane safety expert told Mail Online.
The expert said, "When a plane crashes you have two impacts."
https://au.news.yahoo.com/technology/a/34391292/expert-explains-how-to-survive-almost-every-plane-crash/#page1 |
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