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Six people on the Singapore Airlines flight are still in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/PpJqR

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I just learned that even my own partner didn't know that you're supposed to keep your seatbelt on even when the fasten seatbelts sign is off. The sign being turned off doesn't mean you can unfasten your seatbelt while seated. It means you may remove your seatbelt to get up and move about the cabin, such as to use the restroom or get something from an overhead bin. You are then meant to return to your seat and refasten your seatbelt.

Just sharing because if he didn't know that, I'm sure plenty of other people don't. Hopefully after this little disaster, airlines will start to make that clearer again.

Again, wear your seatbelts.

Edit: If you don't like to wear the seatbelt because it feels too tight even at its loosest, you can ask a flight attendant for a seatbelt extender.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Wow.

That's crazy, since every flight I've ever taken (many, I flew for work for a decade), they state this.

They sometimes even re-state it during the flight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

No one will learn from this.