Brace position on a plane?

Question

i heard a rumour that the brace position if you go down on an aeroplane is designed to break your neck on the seat in front so you have a quick death is that true?!?!?!

Answer 1

no, thats just a childish myth that gulible people give any thought to.

Answer 2

That's not true. If a plane goes down it doesn't matter what position you are in. You'll most likely die.

Answer 3

Another one is that it's meant to preserve your dental records so they can identify your body. It's all myths.

Answer 4

how would a fat person do that dumb position?

Answer 5

No, that is not true.

If the plane is going to crash, you are going to die anyway. Hitting the ground would be instant death, if the vast pressure drop and shock (heart attack that kind of stuff) didn't kill you first.

Answer 6

Lol.  There was an old saying about nuclear war..."bend over, put your head between your legs, and kiss ur *** goodbye".

Guess that applies here too.

Answer 7

Oh my god! I hope not, that's disgusting.

The oxygen is to get you high though, so you're not afraid to die.

Answer 8

Hi

The reason they have the brace position is so that the seat back in front of you bends forward and this means you do not crash your head against it. As you do not have a seat belt like in a car where there are two straps, on for your legs and one for your chest, in an aircraft you don't have the chest one so your head would smash against the back of the chair in front of you unless it bends forward.

This is the main reason but the fact that if one does die in the crash then at least there denture record is safe.

Hope this helps

Answer 9

oh!

that is not true!

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Answer 10

i heard that too, not sure how true it is

Answer 11

probably not. thats horrible

Answer 12

yeah I heard it was so your spine would go up through your brain and kill you, wonder if it's true.

Answer 13

NO!

As the belt is only around your waist it is the best position to minimize your movement in the event of a survivable crash.

Answer 14

The actual correct brace position is for the flight attendant to get on her knees and provide you assistance in your last moments alive... In the case of a male attendant.. it's only g*y if you're the one doing it...

Answer 15

no at least I hope not, I alway thought that ot was designed to protect you in the event of an accident, but thinking about it your neck is in danger of being broken in the brace position

Answer 16

I heard it too and when I think about it, it would make sense.

Answer 17

I think it's meant to facilitate you kissing your a** goodbye

Answer 18

It is not true.  The brace position is designed to minimize acceleration forces on sensitive areas of the body, thereby reducing the likelihood of injury.

Human beings can withstand extraordinarily severe impacts if they are properly braced and supported.  Most injuries occur when a person's body keeps moving after the structures around him have stopped, and when his body hits the other structures, the accelerations are much stronger than they were in the initial impact, and are more likely to cause injury.  By bracing, a person becomes "locked" into the structures around him, and he is accelerated with them, resulting in much lower overall acceleration stresses and a lower likelihood of injuries.

Seat belts (on airplanes and in other vehicles) work in the same way. Pilots and racing-car drivers (amongst others) have fancier belts that lock them in even more securely, making them even less likely to be hurt.

So the brace position (and seat belts) protects you by keeping you firmly connected with the seats around you, so that you don't slide and crash into them during impact.