SQ321 LHR-SIN Encountered Severe Turbulence [At least 1 Fatality and 30 Injured]

[Quickstatus]

Would be interesting to know if F/Jpax were among those injured.

Most of these pax their legs would also be in the "tunnel" if lying flat.

 

[lovestotravel]

This just reinforces the checking of my kids belts while they sleep under a blanket on a flat bed.

 

[AIRwin]

This just reinforces the checking of my kids belts while they sleep under a blanket on a flat bed.

Seat belt over the blanket?

 

[elanshin]

Avoiding consequences of a death onboard.

i heard someone on the radio who had a family member (from Adelaide) onboard say the seatbelt came on then instantly the turbulence struck.

The tweet (somewhere in this thread) of the person on board says the sign came on and the person put it on and then plane dropped.

Seat belt over the blanket?

I also seatbelt over blanket. Its also more comfortable with more cushioning.

 

[blackcat20]

This just reinforces the checking of my kids belts while they sleep under a blanket on a flat bed.

So hard to keep it on them when they are little too, not just because they aren't keen, but also because its a big belt on a tiny body.

 

[Berlin]

I also seatbelt over blanket. Its also more comfortable with more cushioning.

Me too, also as a curtesy to the crew. Because on many airlines, they have to check whether you’re strapped or not and it’s only fair not to make them fiddle around with your blanket first. And the benefit for myself is that they don’t have to wake me up (though that’s probably going to happen anyway if the turbulence is bad enough, I’m a very light sleeper).

 

[mjt57]

An op-ed by one of JB's colleagues. If memory serves, he was one of the crew that dealt with QF32.

I flew that Singapore route for decades. Here’s why it gets rough at this time of year

In my near four decades of flying that exact route as a Qantas captain, l learnt that especially during the wet season there are particular challenges pilots face.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Quickstatus]

op-ed

Is paywalled

 

[cambriamarsh]

Is paywalled

Also on SMH etc

 

[mjt57]

Is paywalled

Damn. Normally non-subscribers can log in for free and view a limited number of articles. You can't do that?

If you're on Farcebook, he was just on 3AW talking to the drive host.

 

[Kangol]

Try this without the spaces:
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[VPS]

Don't you love the news.com.au Murdoch press - if you saw this you'd think he was on the plane but no he was in the Bangkok terminal

 

[RSD]

Don't you love the news.com.au Murdoch press - if you saw this you'd think he was on the plane but no he was in the Bangkok terminal

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Clickbait - and you clicked

 

[Sprucegoose]

If a sudden drop in altitude results in people's heads hitting the ceiling, what would that potentially do a person laying down? Would be some serious horizontal whiplash that could be pretty damaging.

Indeed, in my non-expert opinion, a properly fastened seatbelt could be the difference between a minor injury and a life-threatening one. It could be a case of copping some vertebrae damage over, say, major brain deformation.

I view it similarly to all the tech gear in my car which will not totally avoid an accident but is designed to reduce the severity of deacceleration trauma so I may survive a crash.

Your point was well made.

 

[Sprucegoose]

So half your weight on the strap. Might be uncomfortable, but I doubt that it would do any harm.

Thank you - flying J and F can, therefore, be justified on Safety grounds.

 

[fly2earth]

Would be interesting to know if F/Jpax were among those injured.

Most of these pax their legs would also be in the "tunnel" if lying flat.

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Makes for a great physics acceleration question. Exactly the same ilustration I saaw on my final exam (probably same publisher)

 

[Berlin]

Thank you - flying J and F can, therefore, be justified on Safety grounds.

Oh- that’s a great one!

Goes straight into my mental list of arguments to pull in order to convince my better half that this is “definitely worth it”

 

[cosi]

Damn. Normally non-subscribers can log in for free and view a limited number of articles. You can't do that?

Hope the attached pdf works

 

[Sprucegoose]

Would be interesting to know if F/Jpax were among those injured.

Personally, I have never experienced turbulence in F.

 

[RooFlyer]

Hope the attached pdf works

Yes - thank you.