people think that chances to survive are equal in plane crash to zero. But it not so. There are certain factors which increase your chances of survival:
- The safest clothes.
According to data of National council on transport safety, 68% of people die during the fires after accident. Cynthia Corbett, the employee of the Federal Aviation Administration of the USA, recommends to put on correctly to reduce this risk. For this purpose choose for flights clothes from dense fabric (for example, jeans), try that it covered to the maximum a body (that there were no burns) and choose comfortable footwear (that it was easy to run). Do not dress bedroom-slippers, or footwear on a high heel.
- The safest place in a cabin.
According to a research of the Popular Mechanics magazine, the safest places are in a plane tail. The magazine analyzed plane crashes for the last 40 years and came to a conclusion that passengers from tail places have 40% more chances to survive. Chances at people who settle down closer to an emergency exit and to pass between ranks are also high.
According to the expert in fire safety from the Greenwich university in England of professor Ad Galea, it is the best of all to sit within five rows from an emergency exit, not at a window, and from a corridor.
- Take off and landing.
According to researches, the most dangerous time is the first three minutes of take-off and eight minutes before landing. At this time it is better not to take off footwear, not to lose sight of an emergency exit, to put hand luggage under a seat ahead (to avoid a leg injury), to accept a survival pose (cross palms, put them on a sitting back ahead and press a forehead to palms) and to take out all sharp objects (hairbrush, the handle, keys) from pockets.
- Rule of 90 seconds.
In most cases after the plane made emergency landing, people are in state of shock and are not capable even to undo a seat belt. Within the first 90 seconds after landing it is necessary to leave the plane immediately! It is not necessary to look for the baggage – the plane can light up any minute.
- Much safer to fly than to drive.
Statistically, the chance to get to plane crash is 1 to 11 million, chance to get into a car accident – 1 to 5 thousand. Therefore it is not necessary to be afraid to fly. It is much safer, than to move in motor transport or the subway.