In case of emergency ditching, passengers are requested to "hug the cushion"
Before the safety demonstration on an airplane, the attendant says," Please be careful, because on board [...]
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Before the safety demonstration on an airplane, the personnel in charge say:" Please be careful, because on board this plane they may be different than on similar planes where you have flown before." may sound like an unnecessary and boring clarification, but that is exactly what it is.
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I want to tell What happened to me recently aboard a CRJ700, I have already often flown in these planes produced by Bombardier and which are the ancestors of the A220 we know today, ITA also for a time used, in wet lease, this model in the 900 variant i.e. the larger one, but I had never noticed this recommendation.
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In recent days I boarded a flight operated by American Eagle., a subsidiary of American Airlines, a carrier that operates short- to medium-haul flights to oneWorld's hubs. It departs from Buffalo, the airport on the American side of Niagara Falls, to DCA that is the airport named after Ronald Reagan in Washington, DC.
On these small planes, no screens and the safety demonstration is done the old-fashioned way. Of course it is boring, but as I always repeat in my videos it is important to pay attention.
So at one point I turn to Marika and ask her: "But did they really say that in case of ditching you have to hug the seat?" And his response, laughing, was, "Yes!"
I then took the flyer with the safety measures and confirmation came. There are no life jackets on board this plane, the ones that inflate and have a light and whistle. E there are not even prayers as had happened to me on a flight to Asia.
The two images are crystal clear. In the event of an emergency ditching, you must detach the seat in which you are sitting and leave the plane carrying it with you.
Once you reach the emergency exit You have to stick your hands in the hand loops and throw yourself into the sea Floating hugging the pillow.
At this point, however, a question arises for me. As children are given the classic life jacket, how does the parent manage to hold the child close, whether it should be hugged to the floating seat?