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26.09.10, 08:40
www.faa.gov/passengers/media/Track01.mp3
Co zrobic w takiej sytuacji z dzieckiem siedzacym na kolanach?
"Heads down! Heads down!" a flight attendant repeatedly yelled as the CRJ 900 twin-engine jet slammed on the runway and slid to a stop, leaning to its right side.
Tym razem skonczylo sie szczesliwie, ale nie zawsze tak jest. Ewidentnie w tym samolocie nie bylo dzieci siedzacych na kolanach.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/25/2010-09-25_delta_plane_with_shoddy_landing_gear_makes_emergency_landing_at_jfk_airport_no_o.html#ixzz10c6OHOkr
Turbulence, sudden stops and emergency landings present a huge risk to the lap child. First, in severe turbulence, it is unlikely that the parent would be able to hold on to their child. It is very likely that the child would be tossed around the passenger cabin and sustain serious injuries or even be killed. Second, in emergency landings, parents of lap children are instructed to wrap their child in blankets and place the child at their feet. Children have died in survivable landings when they were thrown through the cabin. Unrestrained children also pose a hazard to other passengers - when a 20 lb child is thrown through the cabin in an accident, he would have a force of 1000 lbs (at only 50 mph, much more at higher speeds) when striking another person or object. Third, parents who are able to hold on to their children in a sudden stop or collision will very likely end up using that child as a "human air bag". Children have actually been "crushed to death" by the parent on whose lap they were sitting.
re protection than holding the child on your lap. There is generally enough slack in the "tether" that attaches the vest to the seat belt to allow the child to be flung towards seats, the ceiling, and the sides of the aircraft, as well as other passengers. Most airlines state that they DO NOT allow any of these types of vests. One popular model states that it is "tested to meet or exceed FAA stress levels", but currently, there is NO certification or FAA standards for this type of product. The FAA has banned the use of these "belly belts" and vests; they are not permitted during take-off, landing or any movement on the surface (taxi). Many parents trying to use these products have found that the airline WILL NOT ALLOW their use, despite the fact that the product package reassures them they can.
www.faa.gov/passengers/media/childsafety.pdf
12. There is a reason that ALL things must be securely under the seat in front of me, or stored in the closed overhead bin during take off and landing. Yet, an infant who can fly just like one of those objects through the cabin, is not required to be restrained.
13. Which means that NOBODY is safe if there is even ONE lap child on board. A 20 lb. baby can turn into a 100 lb. object flying through the cabin.
www.jetwithkids.com/book_freeChapter.html
Following is the tragic story of the horrific crash of United Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa as told to me by Retired Chief Flight Attendant, Jan Brown-Lohr:
There were 4 lap children on board the flight that day. One of the mother's had told Jan that she was specifically taking the flight to take advantage of a free flight for her son who was 22 months. (Current airline policy allows children up to 24 months to sit on their parent's lap for free -they are known as "lap children" and are not buckled in or restrained) The DC-10 lost all hydraulics and flight control, and a crash landing was imminent. Jan prepared the passengers on how to get into the brace position. As Jan had learned in emergency preparedness training, she instructed the parents of the lap children to place their children on the floor at their feet and lean over them. Jan relates with a tear-filled voice that to this day it makes her skin crawl that she had to tell parents to put their most precious possessions on the floor and hold them down. The plane crashed with such force that it split into 3 sections. Jan's section of the plane (as well as the section of the parents with the 22-month old) turned over and was upside down in a cornfield next to the runway. The first person Jan encountered outside of the plane was the mother of the 22-month old. She was going back to the plane to look for her child, Evan. Jan told her she couldn't go back. The mother looked at her and said that Jan had told her to put the baby on the floor and now he was gone. Jan will always feel the pain and horror of losing that child. The G-forces were so strong, there was no way a child could be held, and he was killed. Jan has worked these past 17 years as an advocate of children's safety. She will speak out until ALL children are required to be restrained on airplanes.
i dla ciekawostki, fotelik nie pwoinien byc umieszczony bezposrednio przy przejsciu:
About 4,000 passengers, nearly all sitting in aisle seats, are injured each year by baggage falling from overhead racks. Window seats also protect infants from flight attendants and other passengers serving or holding hot beverages; sudden movements by the aircraft or by an infant have caused infants to be burned.