Very compelling video and news from my home airport. Thank goodness for the happy ending.
Question for those who have some real insight - not just informed guesses like me. Would you leap onto that evacuation slide (where there frequently are some orthopedic injuries sustained by evacuees) carrying a woman’s handbag? I’m thinking that an over the shoulder strap could cause problems if the strap wrapped around the neck or upper body. If held in the hands, balance might be impaired.
Someone needs to come up with Velcro/zipper vest/shirt to attach a pouch for evacuation. I’m not leaving my phone & wallet (which won’t fit into non existing pockets) behind. How are u going to snapchat that you are safe?
Or one could make nylon folding vest with 42 pockets like those tiny folding nylon bags (for souvenirs and groceries) and carry when traveling. I don’t remember seeing such a product in seat pocket magazines.
For emergency I should practice quickly putting on a fishing vest in tight spaces and stuffing 42 essential items from my purse.
I could have used that vest! Red Sox game = small backpack OK. Pats game = No Bags!
It’s pretty impressive that they evacuated 170 people in a minute, supposedly. I find that kind of hard to believe, especially since they were only evacuating on the left side. I would suspect that most people were highly motivated to get off without their bags, with fire and explosions coming from the engine. Good luck trying to evacuate carrying your bag!
I think people were grabbing overhead bags! (Not just purses, which I stow under the seat) I don’t remember the spoken info saying “Do not stop for bags” or the equivalent, but maybe they should start including it.
I saw Sully a couple of weeks ago and I don’t remember if people stopped for any bags or not. I would do a purse, but nothing else. My purse is always under my seat with my cellphone, keys and wallet.
How about not bringing a bulky purse on a plane? Some wear a fanny pack. I have a slim passport-style pouch on a long cord. Holds the cell, money cards, tickets and, of course, lip gloss, whatever. 'Course that still leaves the laptop, etc.
Maybe not anymore. Remember the authoritative voice(s) telling the workers at the WTC’s South Tower to remain in place or return to their offices on 9/11?
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/17/nyregion/9-11-tape-has-late-change-on-evacuation.html?_r=0
I remember the landing on the Hudson event - people were going for bags and flight attendants were yelling leave it. @busdriver11, I agree, I don’t think everyone evacuated in a minute, no matter how motivated.
I frequently fly with musical instruments, some very expensive. I can understand wanting to go for one of them stored in an overhead, but I would know enough not to. Other than that, I would never have anything valuable enough in a standard roll-aboard that would be worth even considering if I was threatened by fire.
I heard recently in a little piece about making more interesting safety videos that only four people who were part of that landing on the Hudson had their life vests on correctly. Luckily they didn’t need them.
Who really cares if it was 1 minute, or 2, or 3… everyone got off alive and that’s what matters.
Yes, it is most important that everyone survives. However, a minute can easily be the difference between life and death. People should not even consider grabbing their suitcase and taking up precious seconds, they need to just get out of there.
@mathmom, that’s very interesting about the safety vest. I’ve heard those instructions frequently for years - just this last trip 2 weeks ago I paid enough attention to be sure that I still wouldn’t be able to put the thing on correctly and didn’t even know where the vest was located near my seat. The carrier I was on also mentioned “floating cots” for infants - my thought was, “yeah, right!” I don’t mean to blame the airlines, this has all made me think more about the personal responsibility we have.
By the way, thanks to a previous CC thread, just in case of an abortive take-off and emergency evacuation, I now keep my shoes on until we are well into the air!
Perhaps, but certainly I can’t be the only only one that thinks that this is just common sense. It’s rather like knowing that the coffee you buy from McDonald’s will be hot. Regardless, the announcement does contain a phrase to the effect of “Always follow crew members instructions and comply with lighted signs and posted placards on the aircraft.”
Passenger aircraft are supposed to be able to be evacuated in 90 seconds using half of the exits.
The safety card tells you where it is. Commonly, if you feel under the seat, you will find an inflatable floatation device.
@albert69, this time they did. Certainly could have gone differently, though.