But first… lemme take a #selfie

[MikeD]

I meant good that the masks wouldn't contribute much. The rest of that other thread sounds fairly horrific.

It can be. Even what starts as a small fire when parked at the gate, within seconds can become a cabin conflagration and a cabin full of smoke.....in less than 30 seconds. Reference Delta 1558, the 727 parked at the gate in SLC on a stopover in 1989, which had a fire ignite in the EE bay. Only 12 continuing-pax were onboard at the time, along with the flight/cabin crew, and even those all barely made it out of the aft airstair. Had there been a full or nearly-full plane, there would certainly have been fatalities. And that's just a jet parked at the gate with no engines running and exits already open.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

It can be. Even what starts as a small fire when parked at the gate, within seconds can become a cabin conflagration and a cabin full of smoke.....in less than 30 seconds. Reference Delta 1558, the 727 parked at the gate in SLC on a stopover in 1989, which had a fire ignite in the EE bay. Only 12 continuing-pax were onboard at the time, along with the flight/cabin crew, and even those all barely made it out of the aft airstair. Had there been a full or nearly-full plane, there would certainly have been fatalities. And that's just a jet parked at the gate with no engines running and exits already open.

 

[fender_jag]

In circumstances like this (as well as some of the accounts I've heard secondhand), it gives me a greater appreciation for CIRP.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Oh good. There's a video...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesth...e-flights-emergency-landing?bffbnews&s=mobile


I like how you can hear the FAs telling the pax to "get on oxygen."

I like how people start clapping the second the main wheels touch down when the aircraft is still traveling at 130 kts. The passengers of AF 358 also started clapping and cheered when the jet landed only to turn to screams/horror as it ran off. Luckily everyone got out in 90 seconds. It's not over until the fat lady has sung. And speaking of ladies singing, maybe the passengers that it was over because of the FA who keeps saying brace brace brace over and over again.

 

[BobDDuck]

And speaking of ladies singing, maybe the passengers that it was over because of the FA who keeps saying brace brace brace over and over again.

Ummm.., that's what they are trained to do. Have you not sat through evac training with your FAs ever?

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Ummm.., that's what they are trained to do. Have you not sat through evac training with your FAs ever?

It was a joke, a play on "fat lady singing" and the passengers thinking it's over.

 

[scooter2525]

I like how people start clapping the second the main wheels touch down when the aircraft is still traveling at 130 kts. )

Clapping? Why would they clap? I usually hear screams when PF.

 

[derg]

Clapping? Why would they clap? I usually hear screams when PF.

It's because they think you're in a boy band, secksy.

 

[scooter2525]

It's because they think you're in a boy band, secksy.

I had Ramin hair in high school.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

It's because they think you're in a boy band, secksy.

When I went to visit my brother in Shanghai I arrived the same day as a teenage heart throb with my same first name. There were lots of screaming Chinese girls holding signs with my name on it. I was confused.

 

[tomokc]

Their signs said "Screaming Emu???"

 

[BobDDuck]

I wanted to hear an emu scream. Best I could find was a scream due to an emu.

 

[pressclick]

To be fair, a cabin fire would have to be pretty seriously involved to have the low-flow O2 from the masks provide any noticable accelerant to the fire. In the enclosed tube, pax would be dead from toxic smoke/gases of a serious fire like that before the O2 made its contribution.

Post #7 in this thread explains more:

http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/cfr-arff.205728/

Not to mention (putting on my firefighter hat here) it seems like every component of a commercial aircraft is designed to produce the most toxic smoke/fumes imaginable. If stuff was really burning, it'd only take a couple deep inhales to incapacitate an average person.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

I wanted to hear an emu scream. Best I could find was a scream due to an emu.

Dude...

flashbacks to trying to date in college.

 

[Cal Goat]

My mom, however, there can be a Cessna 150 that thunked into the side of a hillside in Kazakstan and she'll say "I was just calling to confirm that you're alright".

Holy crap! I think we might be siblings.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

Another one!

This photo is just overflowing with hipster doosh.

 

[derg]

This photo is just overflowing with hipster doosh.

You know the worst part is that his wife probably said, "Let me see… No do it again" about 50 times as there are fire trucks whizzing by.

 

[Dugie8]

Dude...

flashbacks to trying to date in college.

You the girl or the emu?

 

[PhilosopherPilot]

You know the worst part is that his wife probably said, "Let me see… No do it again" about 50 times as there are fire trucks whizzing by.

You can't claim to be afraid for your life and cute on twitter simultaneously.

Well, you can, but you look like a doosh.

 

[derg]

You can't claim to be afraid for your life and cute on twitter simultaneously.

Well, you can, but you look like a doosh.

This needs to go on a "Successories" poster.

Like immediately.