Quote:
Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
I'm saying you have a chance
|
The majority of the people who died in that crash drowned because they inflated their life jackets before exiting the plane. I saw it on a Mayday episode and it has stuck with me since - you can't get out when the plane fills with water because you're floating at the top of the cabin and can't get low enough to swim out the doors.
Many more would have survived if they had remembered that. Hopefully everyone here takes note - I sure do now.
The other thing I always do is count the rows to the exit (and doors to the exits in hotels before I go to sleep). You never know when you won't be able to see anything but you can always feel rows.
I love flying too, or at least I love the idea of flying; these days flying is not so great (tight seats, delays, miserable fellow travellers).