After a Delta plane crashed while landing in Toronto, the third major aviation accident in just a few weeks, professionals give insight on what to do in the case of an emergency.
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00:00It's perfectly natural that we zone out when the safety demonstration is being given to
00:15us at the start of a flight, but if we did put our newspaper or whatever else down and
00:20took our headphones off and reminded ourselves maybe for the hundredth, five hundredth time
00:25however often we fly, count the number of rows to the exit, take nothing with you, extremely
00:31important amongst many other things.
00:34We have a much greater chance of survival and psychologically we're likely to do better.
00:39When you enter the aircraft is the most vital part of any emergency response.
00:45That means that we're listening and when it's your time to exit the aircraft you do, you're
00:49not grabbing your personal belongings or anything of that nature because that slows down the
00:53process.
00:54We're wearing our seatbelts, making sure our chair is fully up because that will allow
00:58a full space to egress if needed.
01:01Our ideal goal is to evacuate in 90 seconds or less.