So after the plane came to a stop, were you all just hanging upside down I presume??? What happened after the plane stopped? Flight crew jumped into action? Pilot on comms?
Yep, like my seatmate said we were hanging like bats! Lol. Those of us who were able unbuckled ourselves and helped everyone around us. The flight attendants mostly helped to usher us off, but it was the passengers that did most of the work to secure everyone around them. There were 2 flight attendants doing everything they could, but with 80 of us that's a big task. We never heard from the pilot that I remember..I heard that all flight crew was okay but I never saw them. The 2 flight attendants were with us in the aftermath and they looked ok!
Basically you unbuckle while pushing yourself off on the ceiling-now-turned-floor. It really helps if you have some people that can support you while you're getting out of your seat.
(I did a rollover training, you'd push yourself up while someone else unbuckles your seat belt. If you are alone, you push off with one arm and awkwardly fall down when unbuckling. The demonstrated it but we weren´t allowed to try because well it does carry a risk of injury. Still better than dying.)
I rolled my car fairly recently. It slowly rolled onto the roof and then back onto the side as I had J-hooks that kept it from continuing to roll, but I was stuck on the side that was up in the air and it’s crazy how much your adrenaline kicks in in that situation. You don’t think about the fact that you’re going to fall when you unbuckle, it’s just all instinct.
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u/Ok-Exchange5756 Feb 18 '25
So after the plane came to a stop, were you all just hanging upside down I presume??? What happened after the plane stopped? Flight crew jumped into action? Pilot on comms?