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Originally Posted by Skippy
Where are these panic-prone people? The overwhelming majority of people on flights I've taken have been pretty chill.
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First, please read this link carefully. These are the same people you share a commercial passenger aircraft with. They don't know up from down, literally. And, if you happen to be unlucky enough to be on a plane that has a real in-flight emergency, these same morons will trample you to death trying to get out of the plane. good luck, you'll need it.
Seven Black Friday horror stories | The Daily Caller
Second, the first news reports broadcast during the first hour when US Airways flight 1549 flown by Captain Chesley Sullenberger ditched into the Hudson river were different than subsequent reports. Early, the media reported that an US Airways flight attendant had attempted to stop panic driven passengers from opening the rear door of the aircraft. Apparently, the passengers were like cattle caught in a theater fire and physically knocked the flight attendant out of the way and OPENED THE DOOR THEREBY SEALING THEIR FATE. Amazingly, after they opened the door, the water rushed in which was the event which would eventually sink the plane to the bottom of the Hudson river (imagine that!).
One passenger jumped off the wing of the airplane into the freezing waters of the Hudson river. He got about fifty feet and realized that if he stayed in the water he would freeze to death so he turned around and came back to the plane. Perhaps he hadn't realized the water was FREEZING.
Approximately the second hour after the accident, the media stopped reporting the aforementioned information about the passengers getting into a physical altercation with the flight attendant so that they could open the rear door of the aircraft. I guess they wanted it to appear that the passengers were all calm and collected after the water ditching.
Sure they were.