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Murdoughnut said:
This poor woman followed instructions and left all of her belongings. Check out how that ls going for her…


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1t9poqz/passenger_experience_of_frontier_crash/
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This one is a lot to unpack, because there are factors that both sides of the equation could take lessons from.

As a pax, it’s great that someone actually followed instructions to leave major bags behind. I say major bags, in the sense of things that are in the overhead or take any kind of time to grab; this isnt counting things like a purse, or small waist bag or whatnot. Small personal bags that one should probably keep things like car keys, walllet, ID/passport, medicines etc, on ones person or in their possession in a small personal purse-size bag if not on their actual person. These important items should be kept close at hand if merely for them not to get lost or stolen, much less left behind in an emergency egress situation.

On the airline side, Frontier should have been getting clearance as quick as they can to get bags, both carryon in the overheads as well as in the cargo compartment, off the jet and back to their owners. In this particular accident, the passenger bags, checked or carryon, are not germane to nor have any factor relationship, to the factors of this accident. There’s not reason they couldn’t have gotten offloaded without affecting the accident scene of the aircraft (the right engine area) once the situation was stabilized and the emergency portion over. A quick call by the airline to the NTSB or the local FAA office, explaining the need for this and how it’s no effect to the investigation, should’ve been made by the airline; and easily accepted by the authorities. I don’t find fault with Frontier for not having infant maintenace items on hand in immediate stock, or basic medicine for every person’s possible ailments; however these items shouldn’t have been too difficult to acquire from outside the airport either when it became known to customer service that they were needed, and someone in need of specific critical medicine could get transported to a hospital if they are in any danger without them. Hence why these items are things that are best kept on one’s person, in their pockets or in a small bag, versus in luggage in the overhead or in checked baggage.

Hopefully some lessons learned here for everyone, on these third order effects of a proper evacuation once the emergency portion is over.
 
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