the reason you are told to put your head in between your legs in the event of a crash landing is because your neck will snap and kill you quickly, thus preventing the potential of a long lingering death.
2007-01-14 04:25:24 · 9 answers · asked by Mr Tripod 4 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
No. The reason is to make your body into a compact shape that will thrash around less. Your neck and spine are very flexible in the forward direction, and your thigh bones on either side will act like pit props if you hit the seat in front.
The hip-restraint seat belt is supposed to keep you attached to your seat; if you sit upright, your torso will not be restrained in any way. Your head, which is a heavy bodypart, would act like a weight on the end of a whip. The result: terminal whiplash. (Head off!)
Unfortunately, the (compact body) strategy needs three things: a firm, tight seat belt; a firmly fixed seat; and good legroom between seats. If the belt breaks or the seat comes loose, your impact against the seat in front probably won't kill you, because you are curled up and braced. The impact of all the other seats behind you, might. With weak or loose seat belts, and bolted-down seats, the close spacing between rows is actually protective; you (and your seat) can't travel far before being stopped (the further you moved, the more damaging the impact would be).
Rear-facing seats would be the safest option, IF THE SEATS WERE ALL FIRMLY FIXED (not just bolted on); passengers would 'brace' upright in this case, and their bodyweight would be higher up the seat, putting a greater strain on it.
However, the 'flare' technique for crash-landing (slowing the plane by pointing the nose upwards, like a hang-glider, and coming down on the tail) would allow forward-facing seats to be most protective, by putting them below and in front of the passenger. Flaring could be used even when the plane has no engine power, and where the ground is rough. It would not help in an unexpected-impact crash. As far as I know, this technique is NOT taught.
2007-01-14 05:05:47 · answer #1 · answered by Fitology 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No! This is rubbish and an age-old 'urban legend'. There was a BBC documentary on this a few months ago and they concluded that if you 'brace', it protects your brain (your most vital organ). They had two survivors of a plane crash on - they said the only reason they survived was because they 'braced' on impact. The remaining 159 passengers died. I think that says it all!
2007-01-14 04:37:13 · answer #2 · answered by Pickle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
watch mythbusters.....that they had an episode on that teach approximately putting your head in between your legs and likewise they examined the returned of the airplane the place the stewardists sat to work out if it exchange into greater secure there. I cant remember the outcomes yet they discover an answer on your question
2016-10-19 23:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by rochart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's so you can kiss your A goodbye. Who survives a crash landing.
2007-01-14 04:29:28 · answer #4 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should read this and also count the number of rows to the nearest emergency exit from your seat incase of darkness, upside down!!
2007-01-14 04:39:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nah! they just want you to front roll into the cockpit with the pilot so you can have a chat with him!
...........haha just joking!
yes i think you heard right.also i think that position is a more stable position so you won't get tossed around like a rag doll.
2007-01-14 04:31:32 · answer #6 · answered by giovellin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
something like that... but hardly anyone reads them anyway lol
2007-01-14 04:30:33 · answer #7 · answered by Eleanor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is so you can kiss your @ss goodbye.
2007-01-14 05:34:18 · answer #8 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's so you can kiss your a*se goodbye.
2007-01-14 04:29:10 · answer #9 · answered by mcfifi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋