plane crash

[kopend]

is it true that the brace position is designed to snap your neck (killing you instantly) in the event of a plane crash?

[Aimic]

I heard that was the case off someone i knew who was a trolly dolly. I also heard that the oxgen contains laughing gas so you are relaxed too but i dont know how true this is.

[yeahbutnobut]

No its not.

If you watch mythbusters on the discovery channel they proved its the best position to take.

[andy-hughes]

Airlines are in the business of transporting people, prefereably alive, from A to B.

One of the ways to encourage people to use your airline is to obtain, and maintain a good safety record, which means that even if one of your planes crashes, most people survive. Hence, the brace position, which is the safest way to avoid smashing your face into the seat in front, and having some hope of emerging alive.

Where do these things start? next thing you'll be telling me that Bob Holness played saxaphone on Baker Street.

[Clanad]

Thank you andy-hughes, for that reasoned response. I would only add that most travellers are unaware that the seat back against which you are bracing has a "break-over" setting. The seat back can move almost all the way forward under a controlled mechanical resistance system. It takes quite a bit of forward pressure to cause it to "break over"... pressure that correllates to a safe level of "G- force" in order to help prevent any injury in a survivable crash. This resistance is carefully set mechanically by the aircraft mechanics (engineers?) during maintenance...

[kopend]

no, but bob holness was the very first person to play james bond

[FelixtheDog]

I have no idea about your plane crash question, sorry. However I feel it is my duty to point out that whoever this Bob Holness is, he never played James Bond on any of the official JB films. Fact. Ahhh, now I feel much better

[kopend]

felix the dog. i never said in a film it was on the radio