News that cheers this frequent flier
Friday, February 18, 2005 at 6:26PM ■"The Surprising Odds of Surviving a Crash: Majority of Fliers Walk Away From Airline Accidents; A Visit to FAAís Safety Lab," by Scott McCartney, Wall Street Journal, 15 February 2005, p. D1.
Over the past two decades, almost 3,000 people were involved in plane/jets crashes in U.S. and more than half lived.
The flight attendants arenít kidding about the ìcrash positionî; it really works. No, really, it can be the difference between life and death.
Two other keys: keep your shoes on (donít worry, the slides wonít rip nowadays) and know in advance how many rows you must travel to an exit (smoke likely to be bad, so you should be able to do it blind). You can get out and you can survive, itís just likely to be nasty, with your survival depending on youíre being proactive and wading through some serious smoke and debris (so keep your shoes on!).
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