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Emergency doors on planes...

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  • #62
    Overflow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭Overflow


    ART6 wrote: »
    I always look for a seat at the back of the aircraft as I've never heard of one reversing into anything.

    Sound logic, I've never seen a plane go backwards, if there is a fire however, you are toast.


  • #63
    Mr WibbleWobble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Mr WibbleWobble


    bug wrote: »

    And don't diss the dots.

    :eek:

    No one should ever "diss the dots"

    No One!


  • #64
    Honey-ec
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,844 ✭✭✭Honey-ec


    ART6 wrote: »
    I always look for a seat at the back of the aircraft as I've never heard of one reversing into anything.

    You've obviously not seen the film "Alive", so...

    And before someone points it out, I know the plane didn't "reverse" into anything, but the people sitting in the back still didn't exactly get lucky...


  • #65
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,722 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Safest bet is to be within 5 rows of any emergency exit, and know where it is. Strongest part of the plane is around the wings, so 5 rows either side it the wing exit FTW. However, if any of you are on the plane when Im getting on, you MUST move! Ive told you the secret on how to survive, so its the least you can do! :pac:


  • #66
    Fratton Fred
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    antodeco wrote: »
    Safest bet is to be within 5 rows of any emergency exit, and know where it is. Strongest part of the plane is around the wings, so 5 rows either side it the wing exit FTW. However, if any of you are on the plane when Im getting on, you MUST move! Ive told you the secret on how to survive, so its the least you can do! :pac:

    and in an aisle seat. Basically if you are 15 rows from the nearest exit and at the window, you're toast.

    My company sends regular flyers on these escape courses, they are meant to be quite good and helps with nervous flyers.


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  • #67
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    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    They are vetted to a certain extent, people sitting there should be approved and briefed by the cabin staff as to how to act in an emergency.

    They are (approved) and they do (get briefed).


  • #68
    bryanmurr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭bryanmurr


    On a flight last week we sat in the emergency exit seats and the cabin staff asked us would we be able to help them in an emergency as we were sitting in those seats. (Ryanair btw)

    She also moved some kids from the emergency seats across from us.

    Good to see i thought


  • #69
    Daithi McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Daithi McGee


    bryanmurr wrote: »
    On a flight last week we sat in the emergency exit seats and the cabin staff asked us would we be able to help them in an emergency as we were sitting in those seats. (Ryanair btw)

    She also moved some kids from the emergency seats across from us.

    Good to see i thought

    Had a similar experience on a Ryanair flight recently. They asked me would I be able to help out in an emergency and I said yeah no problem but considering I'll be first out that door I'll have to take on some ground orientated responsibilities.


  • #70
    highlydebased
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    It freaks me out when I see disabled, families with kids and the elderly occupying these seats. They should be chozen for a certain group, left vacant or kept for cabin crew.

    They are legally not allowed to, if the crew let them sit there something was wrong!

    Only able-bodied adults are allowed sit in these seats, children are not permitted regardless if parents are sitting there or not

    If you watch the safety demo and read the safety card then there is no reason why one would not be able to open the said door (especially when the instructions are placarded in large print on the door! )


  • #71
    OPENROAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    ART6 wrote: »
    I always look for a seat at the back of the aircraft as I've never heard of one reversing into anything.


    Worst place for the effects of turbulence though.


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  • #72
    Ruu_Old
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    Exit-row seats must not be occupied by any passenger whose presence would adversely affect the safety of others during an evacuation. Passengers seated beside an emergency exit must be:

    * briefed on the operation of the exit;
    * able to understand the printed and spoken emergency instructions;
    * able to determine whether the exit is safe to open;
    * sufficiently mobile, strong and able to reach and operate the emergency exit;
    * able to adequately communicate information verbally to other passengers; and
    * not responsible for another person on board.

    If you are unwilling to operate or feel incapable of operating an emergency exit, you should ask to be moved to another location.

    I was always briefed when in the emergency exit rows but have been on flights where parents and children have been sitting in these seats for the extra room.


  • #73
    White_Feather
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭White_Feather


    cute_cow wrote: »
    I was assigned an emergency exit seat on an Aer Lingus flight back to Dublin by the check in girl, and once I sat down the air stewardess came to me and asked me to move as women were not allowed sit at these seats as they are not strong enough to open these doors should it be required!!

    She asked me to swap with the person beside me, who I was travelling with me. He is smaller than me by 3 inches in height and about a stone lighter than I am!! And even he said that I was stronger than he was!!

    Strange to think that I flew from Dublin in the emergency seat and no one said anything to me!

    That member of cabin crew was completely wrong there... of course it doesnt make a difference whether your male or female, to sit in an exit row seat. The requirements are:
    you have to be over 16yrs
    Not be pregnant/obese/elderly/disabled in anyway
    speak english(pending on the airlines nationality of course!)
    be willing to assist in an evacuation or an emergency....

    If you are unable or unwilling to comply with these rules, well thats the only reason a person cannot sit at an exit row....


  • #74
    [Deleted User]
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    Generally, if a plane goes down you haven't got a hope.

    However the worst aircraft incident ever in terms of fatalities happened on the ground when two aircraft collided in Tenerife. Fire killed most people in that incident.

    I worked on planes in a previous life and people, in general, are stupid.

    They're too busy texting to listen to safety briefings and can't wait all of five minutes after landing to stand up.
    So even though I know how to open the doors and inflate the slide manually I wouldn't hold out much hope of a randomer getting it together.


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