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why put on seatbelts during turbulence?

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LS21

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i understand the point of seatbelts during take off and landing - there are low-altitude, non-fatal accidents where seatbelts decrease chance of serious injury

but while experiencing turbulence at 20-35,000ft above sea... what is the purpose? has anyone ever been in or heard of turbulence so fierce that it throws people into injurious positions? if it happens that you get tossed out of your seat...im quite sure the damn thign is crashing to certain death, anyway
 
Yes, I've been in very bad turbulence which would have tossed people around if they weren't wearing their seatbelts. Why take the chance?
 
It's probably just a standard safety procedure. While the chances of hitting such violent turbulence are probably low, it's probably better to err on the safe side.
 
Yeah, people can get tossed in the air and thrown around like rag dolls in really bad turbulence.
 
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Yes, I've been in very bad turbulence which would have tossed people around if they weren't wearing their seatbelts. Why take the chance?
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this is when i bite into the cyanide capsule
 
I've heard of numerous instances where flight attendants are seriously injured because the plane drops in altitude rapidly during turbulance
 
Originally posted by: LS21
i understand the point of seatbelts during take off and landing - there are low-altitude, non-fatal accidents where seatbelts decrease chance of serious injury

but while experiencing turbulence at 20-35,000ft above sea... what is the purpose? has anyone ever been in or heard of turbulence so fierce that it throws people into injurious positions? if it happens that you get tossed out of your seat...im quite sure the damn thign is crashing to certain death, anyway
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oh, yes x1,000. just wait until your un-belted self is sent careening into the baggage compartments when the plane suddenly drops 500 feet.

Then you'll learn.
 
hey if you think you'll risk yourself getting hurt, that's fine, but I don't want your unconscious body coming down on my neck.
 
I've been in turbulence bad enough that I know we'd be tossed around like dice without our seatbelts...and yes, the plane can decrease altitude pretty quickly in turbulence.
 
You do realize you can break your neck if you're flying around the cabin, or kill somebody w/ your big old head. Yeah just saying...
 
Even if the turbulence isn't that bad, it doesn't take much for it to knock you off your feet. And if you fall, you could very well knock your head on an armrest or other passenger.
 
have you been in bad turbulence before? I would think that the safest place would be in my seat with my seatbelt on, and that I'd be safest if everyone else was the same way. Feeling a plane suddenly lose a significant amount of altitude and try to regain control but suddenly getting hit by another burst of turbulence causing people going every which way is an experience I'd gladly not go through again.
 
Once while flying I was working on my laptop and the fasten seat belt sign came on.
The flight became little bumpy and then the plane jerked and my laptop jumped six to eight inches out of my lap.

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I had not been hearing my seat belt.
 
When the plane lurches downwards, you become briefly weightless and shoot up into the ceiling, then the plane recovers and you slam back down.

If the plane lurches back upwards while you are airborne, you will slam down even harder.

In short, you are likely to be seriously injured if not strapped down.
 
Indeed - it can be worse than just a foot drop, since the emergency pitch/yaw/attitude adjustments of the plane kick in during the brief fall, resulting quite literally in the plane coming up and smashing into you on your way down.

/shudder - man, I've been in some serious drops before, but nothing that would injure people - I can't really imagine how terrifying that would be. The scariest thing I've ever been involved in was a sudden call-off from a landing about 5 miles from the airport. Our 737 just pitched up and the engines went to full thrust. It felt like I was doing a reverse flip or something, and I had to force myself to look outside to prove that we weren't actually going over backwards.

Seat belts are good!
 
Originally posted by: LS21
if it happens that you get tossed out of your seat...im quite sure the damn thign is crashing to certain death, anyway
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planes can actually withstand high amounts of stress and are quite flexible. you could hit turbulence that would lift you out of your seat and crack your skull open against the overhead, with the plane no worse for wear.
 
Originally posted by: LS21
i understand the point of seatbelts during take off and landing - there are low-altitude, non-fatal accidents where seatbelts decrease chance of serious injury

but while experiencing turbulence at 20-35,000ft above sea... what is the purpose? has anyone ever been in or heard of turbulence so fierce that it throws people into injurious positions? if it happens that you get tossed out of your seat...im quite sure the damn thign is crashing to certain death, anyway
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yes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_826

Personally, the worst that's happened to me was when the aircraft suddenly lost altitude while i was taking a piss. Was weightless for a second then came crashing down on the toilet, NOT a fun experience. My dad couldn't stop laughing for the remaining 6 hours of the flight after seeing the state of my pants when I returned to my seat.
 
Originally posted by: LS21
i understand the point of seatbelts during take off and landing - there are low-altitude, non-fatal accidents where seatbelts decrease chance of serious injury

but while experiencing turbulence at 20-35,000ft above sea... what is the purpose? has anyone ever been in or heard of turbulence so fierce that it throws people into injurious positions? if it happens that you get tossed out of your seat...im quite sure the damn thign is crashing to certain death, anyway
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My suggestion to the OP would be for him to simply not buckle his seatbelt when the pilot warns of turbulence.
 
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