In brief, a United Airlines 777 en-route from Dulles to Los Angeles, not exactly a small plane, was hit by such severe and sudden turbulence over Missouri, that over 20 people were injured, and one woman reported “jolted out of her seat so forcefully that she left a crack when she hit the side of the cabin.”
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Like most folks of my generation I am much more traveled than my parents. My children, with many years left to catch up, will be marathoners compared to me. So maybe it’s no surprise that as we take airplane travel and the wonders of flight for granted, we have begun to be a bit more blithe about common sense security procedures.
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FAA official: “No mention whatsoever of the possibility that Billy Mays wasn’t wearing a seatbelt”
by Christopher Elliott on June 29, 2009
Laura Brown is the acting assistant administrator for communications at the Federal Aviation Administration. After the death of Billy Mays yesterday, she was quoted as saying the TV pitchman wasn’t wearing a seatbelt on a plane that made an emergency landing. I asked her about the interview and the importance of seatbelts.
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