airline lifejackets - how safe are they?
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given that they never have a crotch strap?
They would probably not be certified safe for yachting, so how come airlines use them?
Without a crotch strap, the lifejacket is going to ride high and the survivor may slip out of it.
Also, the toggle that initiates the gas cylinder is left dangling (at least on most the demo ones) and is very likely to get snagged in the waist-strap, meaning there is a danger of in-cabin inflation.
Yachting lifejacket toggles are always concealed under a flap to prevent accidental inflation.
They would probably not be certified safe for yachting, so how come airlines use them?
Without a crotch strap, the lifejacket is going to ride high and the survivor may slip out of it.
Also, the toggle that initiates the gas cylinder is left dangling (at least on most the demo ones) and is very likely to get snagged in the waist-strap, meaning there is a danger of in-cabin inflation.
Yachting lifejacket toggles are always concealed under a flap to prevent accidental inflation.
I doubt that after ditching a modern airliner you'll be able to find your testicles, never mind the toggle on a life vest. Landing the jet on the Hudson River was a miraculous feat of airmanship, but there weren't many Air France life vests floating in the Atlantic a year or so back.
karona said:
I doubt that after ditching a modern airliner you'll be able to find your testicles, never mind the toggle on a life vest. Landing the jet on the Hudson River was a miraculous feat of airmanship, but there weren't many Air France life vests floating in the Atlantic a year or so back.
There have been other successful ditchings, though very few as incredibly successful as the Hudson one. Notably:A Garuda 737 in 2002, only one death.
An Aeroflot Tu-124 in the Neva River in 1963, pretty much identical to the Hudson landing- all passengers rescued with no injuries.
An Ethiopian 767 into the Indian Ocean at high speed in 1996. 125 out of 175 on board died, but that was partly because the pilot was fighting a hijacker for the controls!
The Boy Lard said:
Don't the 'slides' turn into life rafts anyway?
So you may only need them in the 'Egyptian Hijack' scenario... Slightly out of control ditching?
Will other things float like seat cushions?
Yes some do, they have canopies that can be put over them as well, bigger aircraft have dedicated life rafts as well, the passenger seat cushions don't float but the crew ones do.So you may only need them in the 'Egyptian Hijack' scenario... Slightly out of control ditching?
Will other things float like seat cushions?
Life jackets serve no purpose when you fly into a mountain - unless you inflate them all and tie them round the aircraft before it hits the mountainside.
And if your body hits water at anything faster than 50mph, then you're dead!
Life jackets were invented in the days of seaplanes - you'd be better of nowadays just saying a prayer and having one last masturbation attempt on the way down........
And if your body hits water at anything faster than 50mph, then you're dead!
Life jackets were invented in the days of seaplanes - you'd be better of nowadays just saying a prayer and having one last masturbation attempt on the way down........
Paddy N Murphys wife said,
"You wouldn't believe how many are knicked"
On a recent trip arround the Philippines on every internal flight and at the end of the safety briefing the stewardesses would say,
"Taking the life jacket is a criminal offence"
So it would appear to be a worldwide phenomena. It does raise the question however as to what the jacket thieves want them for.
"You wouldn't believe how many are knicked"
On a recent trip arround the Philippines on every internal flight and at the end of the safety briefing the stewardesses would say,
"Taking the life jacket is a criminal offence"
So it would appear to be a worldwide phenomena. It does raise the question however as to what the jacket thieves want them for.
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