Always buckle up -- there is a good reason

[Kiwias]

One passenger dead and 30+ injured due to severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8889d7x8j4o

[Sandstorm]

Damn!! That's awful.

[epwc]

I suspect this will become more widespread as an issue:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarc ... cd6b9b4b39

[assfly]

FFS. The one thing I always tell myself when flying through turbulence is that "it's totally safe, everything is fine".

[Uncle fester]

Bloody hell. You wonder if it's a case of they didn't have time to buckle up when the sign came on due to being asleep or if it happened too fast for them to react.

[epwc]

If I'm seated I'm wearing a seat belt.

[Sandstorm]

Bloody hell. You wonder if it's a case of they didn't have time to buckle up when the sign came on due to being asleep or if it happened too fast for them to react.

We'll have to see if any FAs were injured. If the turbulence was known in advance and they were safely in the jump-seats, then it was 30 stupid passengers instead.

[C69]

If I'm seated I'm wearing a seat belt.

This

[Dinsdale Piranha]

Bloody hell. You wonder if it's a case of they didn't have time to buckle up when the sign came on due to being asleep or if it happened too fast for them to react.

We'll have to see if any FAs were injured. If the turbulence was known in advance and they were safely in the jump-seats, then it was 30 stupid passengers instead.

You can get injured during turbulence even if you are wearing a seatbelt. Leg injuries, loose luggage etc.

I had a lumpy ride to SFO a few years ago - about 20 mins of bad turbulence- I quite enjoyed it. We had several screamers in the cabin though. The next flight which my boss was on had it worse. A passenger in the toilet when it hit had a broken hip and head injuries from slamming in to the ceiling and then back down on the toilet seat.

[epwc]

I also try not to have a crap on the flight

[assfly]

If I'm seated I'm wearing a seat belt.

100%

[Jim Lahey]

I also try not to have a crap on the flight

I flew at night to Bangkok via Delhi after a heavy daytime boozy session in London. Slept the whole way to Delhi, had a bite to eat waiting for my connection, was sitting at the window beside 2 lovely looking English girls on the flight to Bangkok. Got a bad dose of stomach cramps, spent the next 4 hours trying not to fart every 30 seconds, then got up every 5mins about 6 or 7 times for a shit which was a bit embarrassing, to the stage I eventually just went and sat on the shitter for at least 45minutes dying a horrible death before returning to my seat.

Amazingly the 2 girls asked me at bag collection if I wanted to share a taxi into town with them

[Insane_Homer]

Some more statements from passengers now - Dzafran Azmir, a 28-year-old student, tells Reuters news agency the aircraft suddenly started "tilting up and there was shaking".

"So I started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing a seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling.

British man, 73, dies during severe turbulence on London-Singapore flight
Authorities say the man "likely" died of a heart attack;

[Sandstorm]

Some more statements from passengers now - Dzafran Azmir, a 28-year-old student, tells Reuters news agency the aircraft suddenly started "tilting up and there was shaking".

"So I started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing a seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling.

There was a still photo on BBC news at 16:30 showing a young man slumped in a seat with a head injury and a huge hole in the overhead compartment. They quickly took it down.....

[Kiwias]

You can get injured during turbulence even if you are wearing a seatbelt. Leg injuries, loose luggage etc.

I had a lumpy ride to SFO a few years ago - about 20 mins of bad turbulence- I quite enjoyed it. We had several screamers in the cabin though. The next flight which my boss was on had it worse. A passenger in the toilet when it hit had a broken hip and head injuries from slamming in to the ceiling and then back down on the toilet seat.

I have no doubt that is true but the probability of being injured is far lower if you have fastened your seatbelt.

[Niegs]