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#233515 19-Apr-2018 11:32
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Many folks mock and scoff at the airline safety messages and many ignore them. After all these years of jet travel this is a prime example why we have them and why one should watch them

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/103226206/almost-everyone-in-a-photo-of-southwests-emergency-landing-wore-their-oxygen-masks-wrong





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  #1999218 19-Apr-2018 11:32
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  #1999225 19-Apr-2018 11:36
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Natural Selection at its best. If logic doesn't depict you cover both airways then I do not know if they can be trusted to read and listen.


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  #1999248 19-Apr-2018 12:32
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Don't see why there couldn't be an automated recording playing when the masks drop telling you to place it over your nose and mouth?




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  #1999251 19-Apr-2018 12:36
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backfiah:

 

Don't see why there couldn't be an automated recording playing when the masks drop telling you to place it over your nose and mouth?

 

 

There isn't the time during sudden depressurisation to educate.  





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  #1999256 19-Apr-2018 12:37
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MikeB4:

 

There isn't the time during sudden depressurisation to educate.  

 

 

It's not exactly education as much a very short reminder of how to put it on properly. 


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  #1999269 19-Apr-2018 12:40
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Thats amazing, wonder how many were more interested in taking a picture of video to breath......

 

 





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  #1999281 19-Apr-2018 12:52
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I find this all a bit stupid. "Almost everyone" in this context is three people... how many people were on board?

 

Sensationalist headlines at their very best.


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  #1999338 19-Apr-2018 14:58
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What we don't know is what altitude the photo was taken at.

If they were at a low altitude; i.e. below 8000ft, then the need for the oxygen mask may not have been critical. In which case could they have been advised to keep masks on over their mouths only?





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  #1999341 19-Apr-2018 15:01
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kiwiharry: What we don't know is what altitude the photo was taken at.

If they were at a low altitude; i.e. below 8000ft, then the need for the oxygen mask may not have been critical. In which case could they have been advised to keep masks on over their mouths only?

 

Planes don't stay above 10,000ft very long with a decompression. The pilots are trained to drop to below 10,000 very quickly.

 

So yes you are probably correct that the plane was at a low altitude when that was taken, otherwise they would be turning blue very quickly!


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  #1999378 19-Apr-2018 15:23
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backfiah:

 

Don't see why there couldn't be an automated recording playing when the masks drop telling you to place it over your nose and mouth?

 

 

A pre recorded message does play in the cabin once masks drop.

 

Obviously it's impossible for crew to say anything as they're busy flying the plane and communicating with passengers comes at the bottom of their list of priorities.

 

 


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  #1999382 19-Apr-2018 15:28
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I think I’d put it just over my nose - so that I could still partake of the meal service when it comes round.




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  #1999387 19-Apr-2018 15:42
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They might have only been breathing through their mouths.
Is the air going to escape out their noses?
Edit: Though the mask would fit tighter if worn properly, as it will have nose shape in design.

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  #1999388 19-Apr-2018 15:43
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sbiddle:

 

backfiah:

 

Don't see why there couldn't be an automated recording playing when the masks drop telling you to place it over your nose and mouth?

 

 

A pre recorded message does play in the cabin once masks drop.

 

Obviously it's impossible for crew to say anything as they're busy flying the plane and communicating with passengers comes at the bottom of their list of priorities.

 

 

 

 

Heard the samples from ATC recording? Talk about calm and collective. Can't have known how crazy it was out back.


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  #1999404 19-Apr-2018 16:07
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sbiddle:

 

A pre recorded message does play in the cabin once masks drop.

 

 

Well that's reassuring. Not much excuse for it then.


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  #1999417 19-Apr-2018 16:45
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backfiah:

 

sbiddle:

 

A pre recorded message does play in the cabin once masks drop.

 

 

Well that's reassuring. Not much excuse for it then.

 

 

Except for the fact most people are going to be in a state of panic.

 

Every time masks drop there always seem to be media reports of defective masks because people don't pay any attention to the other key message - the bag will not inflate.

 

 


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