Is flying still the safest way to travel? Americans can be forgiven to think, otherwise given the alarming series of recent disasters.
On Sunday, a small plane crashed in the parking lot of a pension community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, all five people on board injured and destroyed half a dozen cars.
That incident followed a devastating collision for the air in Washington DC at the end of January, when all 67 people died on board a flight from the American Airlines and an army helicopter. Two days later, a MEDEVAC Jet -Crash killed seven people in Philadelphia.
Then there was the regional airline of February off the coast of Nome, Alaska, who left 10 dead, as well as two close calls later in the month. First a Delta flight with a 'filled hut from the mist made an emergency landing in Atlanta and then crashed another Delta aircraft and turned to Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Experts can insist that you are statistically safer on a flight than drive your car – but these recent crashes are a deeply disturbing trend.
So if you get on an airplane, is there something that you can do to prevent your victim from becoming? Here are the measures you can take that can mean the difference between life and death if a disaster strikes 35,000 ft.
On Sunday, a small plane crashed in the parking lot of a pension community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, all five people on board injured and destroyed half a dozen cars.
In February a Delta plane landed and turned to Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Think of your wardrobe
Many passengers dress to be as comfortable as possible on long flights, but this cannot improve your chance of survival in the event of an accident.
The more of your body it is covered during an impact, the better, because it reduces the injury due to burns and wounds. Wear shirts and pants with long sleeves and a firm pair of shoes. If you fly over a cold region, keep a warm jacket at hand. If you fly over water, wear wool instead of cotton, because the fabric keeps its insulating properties better when you are wet.
Loose and picky clothing is not advised because it can be easily caught when it moves at speed in a limited space, such as trying to hurry an airplane.
Avoid high heels or sandals, which can tear the evacuation trips of the surface or make the feet vulnerable for broken glass and toxic liquids.
Don't sit on the front
Yes, there is really a silver lining for those who are in the back of the plane. Research shows that those in the more expensive seats in the front generally have the worst chance of surviving a crash.
Safety experts emphasize that every crash is different and that there is no 'magical safe chair', but given that so many aircraft crash the first neutop, some believe that your best chance is to be at the back.
When a Boeing 737-800 crashed in South Korea last December after a bird strike, the only two people who survived were a few stewardesses in the back. All other 179 people on board were killed.
A 2015 study by Time Magazine, which collected 35 years of crash data from the Federal Aviation Administration, showed that the backseat in a plane had a deadly number of 32 percent, while front seats had a deadness percentage of 38 percent. For those in the middle It was only 29 percent of the plane.
This, experts say, reflects the fact that the emergency situations on the wings are in the middle of the plane. What the most important thing is to survive a crash, they claim is how quickly passengers can evacuate.
Note the location of Exitrijen
Add to that the number of rows between your seat and the nearest row row and write it down if necessary. If the plane crashes, in the subsequent smoke, darkness and general confusion, finding that exit can be infinitely challenging.
If you are actually in a starting row, look at the door and understand how you can open it. (A stewardess will usually do this for you – but not if they are incapacitated for work.)
Keep your safety belt on … Tight
This is really important. According to research, every centimeter (0.4 inch) play in a passenger belt is the G-Force that they will experience during a crash. A tighter safety belt also limits how much the body is slatting around.
Try to push the belt along your body so that it is over your pelvis instead of your stomach. The first is firmer and helps you to brace much better for impact.
YOUR Oxygen mask for others
Hollywood -disaster films like to let the hero or heroine self -self -help help other passengers around them to attract their masks before they visit.
Resist that urge. If the cabin loses pressure, you have a maximum of about 15 seconds to breathe through your mask before you lose consciousness.
Once you have your own mask, you can help others – even after they are unconscious.
Training where the plane will crash
If you fly to the surface, your life vest. But don't bend it until you get off the plane, otherwise you could be for all kinds of problems: if the cabin filled with water, you could drive to the ceiling and it would be very difficult to swim back down and leave the plane. It can also tear during the evacuation, making it useless for buoyancy.
When the plane comes down in cold weather, keep a blanket or jacket at hand while the plane descends.
Brace for impact
After you have returned your chair to the upright position, make sure that your shoes are safely on your feet and store all the loose items that can fly through the cabin.
There are two standard crash 'brace' positions. If you can reach the chair in front of you, lean against it, place a hand palm down on the chair and cross the other hand – also palm down – over the first hand. Let your forehead rest against the back of your hands. Sometimes experts in this position recommend filling your fingers instead to rock it while leaning your head against the chair.
As an alternative, if you can't reach the chair for you, lean forward and press your chest on your thighs and head between your knees and grab your ankles.
Avoid the smoke
Statistically, fire and smoke are responsible for more deaths in aircraft accidents than other causes. Many survivors fall faint of the smoke, which can be particularly harmful in a burning aircraft. Try to cover your nose and mouth with a cloth – preferably a damp – to prevent you from inhaling.
As you go to an exit, try to stay as low as possible to dive under the smoke that will probably rise to the ceiling. Look forward to other passengers who stay on their seats, perhaps victims of a psychological state known as 'negative panic' in which people cannot be claimed in a crisis.
Leave your belongings
During tests, aircraft manufacturers must show that they can evacuate a large passenger plane in 90 seconds, but it often takes much longer in a real accident, because so many things – from set doors to a passenger storm run – can go wrong.
Safety experts warn that survivors should not try to take their things with them, because this will only slow them and other people slowly and block the aisles (and items can be reduced later). Unfortunately, in the past, Crashes repeatedly show passengers to take their hand luggage with them, even when the plane is on fire. The bags can also easily pierce evacuation.
Don't hang around
Once you have left the plane, move up at least 500 feet from the crash site as quickly as possible. Although you do not want to go too far if you wait for rescuers, the aircraft could explode at any time and the flames can spread far beyond you imagine. The same rule even applies if you have landed in water – swim away.
Say experts, if you know that you are traveling in a full plane and people all lose their heads when it is about to crash, try to stay calm.
