An airplane accident is not usually a sudden front end collision. If it happens in the air, such as engine or control surface failure, the airplane's attitude could change drastically and the difference between your momentum and the plane's could be in any direction. The lap belt is designed to keep you in your seat in the event of loss of conventional downward gravitational acceleration and nothing more.
This week, a look at in-flight seat belts.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "I used to think of all the billions of people in the world, and of all those people, how was I going to meet the right ones? The right ones to be my friends, the right one to be my husband. Now I just believe you meet the people you're supposed to meet." - Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, The Quest, 1995
Decoding the Design of in-Flight Seat Belts by fredwine on Scribd
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