Phen From Ireland, joined Oct 2007, 294 posts, RR: 0 Posted (11 months 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2747 times:
I was travelling on a BD flight from DUB to LHR last night and during the safety demo the flight attendant said to place your hands one on top of the other while head-down in the brace position. This reminded me of the Aer Lingus A330 safety video which states the same thing but adds "do not interlock your fingers" (see video below). Can anybody answer why some airlines say this? I would guess it has something to do with not restricting movement of your arms when an impact occurs?
CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2229 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (11 months 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2717 times:
So you don't break all your fingers? The same reason that Formula 1 drivers let go of the car's steering wheel right before impacting the wall; they don't want the steering wheel rebound (spinning) to break their fingers.
KELPkid From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 5929 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (11 months 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2626 times:
I guess finger crossing is forbidden by an already superstitious people And lest anyone be offended, know that I descend from a fine line of Irish relavitves
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Phen From Ireland, joined Oct 2007, 294 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (11 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2585 times:
Thanks for the replies - makes sense about preventing broken fingers but seems like a very minor thing to worry about in the bigger picture of a plane crash!
DocLightning From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 16803 posts, RR: 57 Reply 4, posted (11 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2563 times:
Quoting Phen (Reply 3): Thanks for the replies - makes sense about preventing broken fingers but seems like a very minor thing to worry about in the bigger picture of a plane crash!
If you break fingers, you are going to have a harder time releasing your seatbelt and participating in the evacuation. A broken finger doesn't sound like much, but it's exceedingly painful.
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58 Reply 5, posted (11 months 2 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2309 times:
Fingers are more likely to get damaged if interlocked,that would cause more difficulty.
Punch a wall with your bare fist & feel the impact,a broken finger feels much much more.
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