![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/most-experienced-pilot-reveals-why-passengers-told-to-use-brace-position-in-planes/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Screenshot-2021-06-28-at-120637.jpg&description=Nick Eades, the world's most experienced 747 pilot, has explained why a certain crash position is adopted when a plane goes down and new terminology flight attendants use in the event of a disaster One of the world's most experienced pilots has explained why passengers are asked to adopt the brace position when a plane is going down. If you have ever had the misfortune to be on a plane that's crashing, then if you're still alive you're actually fairly lucky. The odds of dying in a plane crash in general about one in 11 million , but the chances of surviving depend on your seating choice. Doug Drury, a professor at Central Queensland University, says that you have a 44% chance of dying if you are sitting in the aisle seats in the middle of a craft that is crashing, compared with 28% for central rear seats. One way of increasing the odds of surviving a plane crash is to adopt the brace position, a move you're most likely to have seen in disaster films. As depicted in the Tom Hanks film Sully, flight attendants shout 'brace!' a number of times as the plane descends, prompting passengers to bend down in their seat and put their hands over their heads. There are longstanding rumours that the move is encouraged by flight staff not to save the lives of passengers, but to ensure that their deaths are as quick and painless as possible, while preserving dental records so the bodies are easier to identify. Happily this is not true. Nick Eades, the world's most experienced 747 pilot, told LadBible the real reason. "What you're trying to do is to stop people breaking their necks in a big impact," he explained. "You're just trying to get the body into a position that's going to suffer least damage. It's like whiplash - you're trying to avoid that sudden movement of the head, which can result in serious injury, if not death." Nick went on to reveal that airline staff would no longer tell passengers to brace, instead issuing clearer instructions without using phrases that they may){kind=link}
Nick Eades, the world’s most experienced 747 pilot, has explained why a certain crash position is adopted when a plane goes down and new terminology flight attendants use in the event of a disaster
One of the world’s most experienced pilots has explained why passengers are asked to adopt the brace position when a plane is going down.
If you have ever had the misfortune to be on a plane that’s crashing, then if you’re still alive you’re actually fairly lucky. The odds of dying in a plane crash in general about one in 11 million , but the chances of surviving depend on your seating choice.
Doug Drury, a professor at Central Queensland University, says that you have a 44% chance of dying if you are sitting in the aisle seats in the middle of a craft that is crashing, compared with 28% for central rear seats.
One way of increasing the odds of surviving a plane crash is to adopt the brace position, a move you’re most likely to have seen in disaster films. As depicted in the Tom Hanks film Sully, flight attendants shout ‘brace!’ a number of times as the plane descends, prompting passengers to bend down in their seat and put their hands over their heads.