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Confiscating the sharps before the crash

posted 14 years ago by wvc-1
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Is confiscating sharp and breakable objects, high-heeled shoes, etc. a standard part of the protocol right before a crash? I'd never heard of this before. Clearly I've never experienced this situation, so I'm wondering...

[–] TopFrog 14 years ago

That's a standard procedure. As an Airbus operations note states, "High-heeled shoes and sharp objects must ... be removed, because these objects can cause damage to the slide during an evacuation." (www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/files/safety_library_items/Airb usSafetyLib_-FLT_OPS-CAB_OPS-SEQ11.pdf)

[–] wvc-1 14 years ago

Interesting. So, it's done to assist with evacuation, not because these objects could become projectiles. Thanks!

[–] Emeralds29-1 14 years ago

Yeah, I was wondering why this was done as well. Thanks for telling us!

[–] denise1234 11 years ago

Yep; me, too!

"I will not go gently onto a shelf, degutted, to become a non-book." ~ Bradbury

[–] pbgnewbie (5) a year ago

But like seriously, who is traveling in airplanes with high heeled shoes? OK, maybe Naomi Campbell, but who else?

[–] Mrpinkeye 13 years ago

i love all the heels being gouped together, imagine being sat opposite that door in the crash!

[–] prafull-ambekar 10 years ago

imagine you survive the crash and find one of the heels stuck up your Ar$e. The other survivors notice that and everyone starts to laugh.

[–] Fleurus 9 years ago

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