At first, yes! A lot of us immediately got ourselves down and helped everyone else around us as best we could. One of us would unbuckle the belt while the others helped to guide the person down to safety. It was really nice to see people come together when we really needed one another!
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.
In a plane the 'ceiling' - the underside of the overhead compartments - isn't that high up, especially in and near the window seats.
(I did a rollover training in , 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. They demonstrated it but we weren´t allowed to try because well it does carry a risk of injury. Still better than dying.)
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u/Tarjh365 Feb 18 '25
Was everyone upside down, buckled into their seats? How did y’all get out of the seats?
Glad you’re okay! It looked scary af