Re:Pakistan airline admits taking extra passengers in aisle
by stordoff on Saturday February 25, 2017 @01:58PM
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Sounds like the old "brace position is to kill you rather than injure you" myth to me. Struggling for a better source, but:
> And the seat belts that flight attendants urge you to wear during most of the flight also helped to keep head and neck injuries to a minimum, says Dr. David King, a trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. “Clearly for the vertical deceleration [typical] of an airplane crash, the lap belt seems to be the most important restraint,” he says.
> And the seat belts that flight attendants urge you to wear during most of the flight also helped to keep head and neck injuries to a minimum, says Dr. David King, a trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. “Clearly for the vertical deceleration [typical] of an airplane crash, the lap belt seems to be the most important restraint,” he says.
http://healthland.time.com/2013/07/09/lessons-from-flight-21...