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1. Did you know that while you are enjoying the bird-eye-view scenery from the window panes during a take off or landing in a plane, the cabin crews will be doing their silent reviews instead for in case of an emergency? Like a crash? Or in case something goes wrong. (TOUCH WOOD!) Sounds so scaryyyyy!
2. Have you ever wondered why the window panes have to be opened during a take off and landing? And also why you will be woken up? It’s all for the safety purposes. So that you are aware and alert of what is going on, and so you could evacuate immediately during an emergency.
3. Did you know that if you’re too fat for the normal seat belt in your seat, you will be provided with an extension seat belt?! Oh my.. I surely don’t want that to happen to me!
4. Did you know that you can actually request for a panadol if you don’t feel too well while on board? I didn’t know about this before joining the airline! LOL! I didn’t even know that they do provide any sort of medication at all!
5. For a normal adult, you breathe approximately 12 to 20 times per minute. That means you breathe once every 5 seconds. And your heart beats between 60 to 80 times per minute, 60 times for when you are really relaxed.
(We were trained to be a ‘nurse’ on board too.. all the first-aid thinggy.. and CPR etc etc!)
TRY ANSWERING THIS:
If 2 planes were to lose control (touch wood!), which one do you think have a greater chance of survival during a plane crash:-
(a) the plane that is ascending (taking off) or
(b) the plane that is descending (landing)?
and…WHY?
p/s: write your choice of answer together with the reason on my comment box! and I will reveal the answer in the next post!
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based on my little knowledge of things that are falling down.. i’d say Landing? because it has more impact towards the ground.. crashed and burn?
on 2nd thought, i think the answer is gonna be when taking off.. it sounds that the rate of survival is higher right?
but it should be the not obvious one, if not you wont be asking this question right? =)
it makes no difference, the planes are still going to crash?
the one that is taking off one!! Because the one that is landing will be bang from the bottom! ( stupid answer you see,heheee)
Wen Pink sis!! thanks for answering the question marks on my head, especially the 2nd answer from the post!! =D
I think i got problem…my normal heartbeat is only 50 something O_O”
ahhh. . . now only i know the reason of why all the window panes have to open up`
Descending maybe…~ Coz it is nearer to ground. Hahaha…actually Wen, i don’t really know that exact answer
i think when the plane is landing, because by then the fuel will be mostly used up and the chance that it’ll explode upon impact will be lesser? HAHAHAH I DUNNO I TEMBAK ONLY!
Cant wait for the answer lol
Wah damm long time never comment on your blog posts despite still reading them now and then, but when i saw your quiz question, i had to butt in!!
As to in which aeroplane would the passengers have a higher chance of survival, I wanted to say it would be 50-50, since the survival of the people is also highly dependent on how fast the emergency rescue forces arrive on the crash site and jump into action.
But if i were to rule that aside and answer your question as it is posed, then I will have to say the one descending/landing would have a better chance of staying in one piece. My reason is based on physics: if the plane is landing, that means the average distance between the plane and ground gets shorter and shorter. The plane will have lesser distance to fall for it to reach maximum speed which it can reach when falling freely from the sky. The landing plane should also be slowing down, this makes its total kinetic energy(in case if one doesn’t know what KE is, think of momentum) much lesser as compared to a plane that is taking off, where the distance between plane and ground is increasing and the plane is gathering speed for more thrust to take off.
How? Makes sense?
Lucky I don’t need a belt extension
so whats the answer!? haha!
ahem
my guess would be descending.
less fuel, airspeed decreasing
woops saw the answer liao on the newer post. LOL.
why cant delete my own comment wan lol. aiyaaak haha
sorry a lil bit too late. ahhaa