10 Oct |
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But there's one thing that I always — always — do when I'm in the air… I keep my seatbelt fastened. Asleep or awake, if I'm in my seat I'm clipped in. I might not always listen closely to the safety demonstration before take-off, but keeping my bum firmly attached to my seat throughout the flight just seems like an inherently good idea. It's a lesson 40-odd passengers learnt the hard way this week on a Qantas flight from Singapore to Perth. Their Airbus dropped around two kilometers in a matter of seconds, sending cutlery, bags and passengers flying around the cabin. "It was horrendous, absolutely gruesome, terrible, the worst experience of my life," said Jim Ford, of Perth, who said he thought he was going to die. Qantas, who have been hit by a string of safety incidents lately, used a classic piece of understatement to describe the incident as a "sudden change in altitude." I'll say. There's no word yet on what caused the plane to nose-dive, and I doubt it's any fault on the part of Qantas, but there's certainly a lesson to be learnt in this week's episode. To steal a phrase from the road safety campaigns: Buckle up and arrive alive. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites            |