'I felt my life was over': passenger in Japan Airlines crash recounts experience 

This passenger better has his lungs checked for COMPOSITE FIBERS. If he inhales all those composite fire fibers, he may not live long.

Exactly. People are pushing and elbowing each other after a normal landing. It would be a panic and fight and shouting here for sure.

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Yes, the flight and fight response would have been activated and calmness displayed in that evacuation would likely be absent.

So true I live in America everyone would have not been that calm

I would be fine as long as I had my smart phone to film the situation, post it on social media and get lots of likes and follows

Well-mentioned. This point is also explained in pictures in the safety card in many airliners.

High heels on a plane, maybe the mile high clubbing event?

@@123hoffiecan also be someone in formal wear traveling for work, and just fancy-pants people

@@Plutogalaxy Tougher material might prevent the ramp from being rolled out as fast. There's always compromise when it comes to material design.

@@PlutogalaxyOr just do what you’re told.

...then imagine the same incident on a Spirit flight....

Doesn’t always work. During the September 11, bombings instead of telling people to run away from the building, they were telling people to remain calm. Those people ended up under the rubble.

yes after they had combed their hair, done their makeup and took a selfie as they whizzed down the slide (if they were lucky enough to make it to the slide)

If it was real. The news is over. How can you believe it after 2020.

​@@Iankameel????

@@Iankameel tf

@@Iankameel Are you on drugs?

​@@Iankameelplease for nobodys sake but your own, touch grass.

And kudos to all the passengers for following instructions, thinking clearly, not panicking and having consideration for their fellow passengers.

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If such strict discipline, why the collision happened?!

Yeah everyone stayed seated until evacuation was called. I can only imagine if this was in the West, people would be up grabbing belongings and storming the doors. Result could have been much different.

@@kgan4733ever heard of the sentence „no human is perfect“?.. even the most disciplined make mistakes, at this point it’s unclear where exactly but a lot speculate that the combination of night time landing, busy airport after new years, busy air traffic controllers and pilots, possibly even more stress for the coast guard pilots because they were transporting aid to the areas affected by the earthquake, all maybe lead to a fatal mistake leading to this incident

. I agree with you!

Buddy japan isn’t special.

​@@Artur-kp4hjIt actually yes, they have shown in multiple occasions how their discipline, teamwork, moral and ethical values are superior to that of the rest of the world

Well said. Imagine the poisoning stories that come out every year regarding the bad effects of food and medicines industry practices on people.

was it the incredible training that let him literally land on another aircraft too?

They are civilised

Right? US would even have people trying to grab their bags when you're told not to. If this happened in the US half the plane would have died from pure selfishness.

This was my thought as well. 90 second evacuation of 367 people via two slides, impressive! I am reminded, also, of videos I have seen of Tokyo subways being packed tightly by employees hired to do that job.

​@@tommy265they sure were civilized during unit 731 and nanking weren't they

I know, right? It astounds me when I read accounts of the utter brutality of the Japanese during WWII -- genuinely horrific. How could this be the same country? They completely transformed their society after the war.

How scary

@@spacenerd9499 not as scary as this would have been, but still very scary. The seaplane took off halfway along the runway and then the engine cut out, so tried to land again, but once we landed, we were at the end of the runway, so we just overshot the rocks and into the water. The back of the seaplane was complete ripped off from the rocks, exposing hydraulics and cables. The plane was written of as they already had frequent issues with the aircraft and it was pretty badly damaged at the back and the engine was buggered with water, the tail was damaged. I had nightmares for about a week after it. A few days later we left the resort airport from the same runway to head home on a commercial flight and I was clinging on, tensed in my seat, hoping we wouldn't overshoot the runway again. Luckilly we didn't that time. Even though I was scared, the pilot told us to take in deep breaths whilst the damage was quickly assest. The aircraft luckily didn't sink because it was a seaplane, so the pilot decided it would be best if we sat in the plane whilst we waited for the rescue boats to come. We took some deep breaths and had a drink of water whilst we waited. When I hoped out and saw the damage, I was shocked. We did get refunded though. It may sound nuts, but the best thing to do in these life or death survival situations is be quick, but stay calm. Those who Panic, die. Those who stay calm, survive.

And leave all your items behind. It's ok because your insurance can get you new things.

Even the passengers. Their composition, ability to think with calmness in a dire situation like that is very heroic.

Probably not given the explosion and very visible fire. What's amazing is that the cabin crew achieved this with no warning at all. Most emergency landings, they can prep the passengers, but this was utterly without warning.

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they would be doomed if they were on that plan

Yes, it worked in their favour this time. Though I think sometimes the obedience culture can have bad effects in accidents too. An example that comes to mind is the Sewol ferry disaster, where passengers obeyed orders to stay put when it was clear the ship was sinking. Or several aviation accidents where the FO failed to challenge the captain's decision even though they were wrong.

​@@FlightMate but that was failure of the staff, as passengers your best chance of survival is following the orders of the trained staff, if everyone was panicking and trying to escape it could cause more death via crowd crush and blocking of exits. The obedience culture is much more superior to western lack of compassion/all man for himself culture. Just look at how Japan is able to quickly recover from disasters, all because they listen to each other. US states have yet to recover from Hurricane Katrina...

@@Nicole-kc1vx you're missing the point. It's not about the staff.

​@@FlightMatethat was the problem with captain who told everyone to stay put while he escaped!

Absolutely true

Absolute hogwash. US Airways 1549 lost both engines and crashed in the Hudson River. That was followed by an orderly evacuation and ferries quickly coming to save the stranded. Zero fatalities.

Given how much time they had, they likely would have all gotten out no matter what. The last crew member didn't leave the aircraft for 18 minutes, so there was lots of time to get everyone out.

how do you know how much time they had? What I see airplane got on fire quickly @@IcyTorment

They all survived 🙂

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So, with respect -- sincerely -- do you curse the LORD for all the lives lost in aircraft crashes where no one survives? I mean, it only seems logical and fair. These passengers survived because they and the crew followed extremely well-established and practiced procedures -- starting from the design of the airplane and its exits to the guidelines and execution of the practiced process for evacuation -- and of course because of the passengers' discipline and composure. No lords of any kind were involved.

Really? I always find it interesting how humans focus on various aspects of an event. Most of us are truly amazed and grateful that the plane held up, the 3 doors opened and slides unfurled, the attendants calmly directed passengers, passengers followed instructions without panicking too much- and everyone survived. The plane was probably insured anyway, so it will be replaced sooner or later. Everyone was scared of course, but they stayed calm. Children are expected to be more scared and shout more than adults. Natural response.

そんな批判あったの？知らなかった 日本の信用できない物の一つは、メディアを含むマスコミです。

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Also count the ones the other way, that's why I walk to the loo as well because one of the exits could be inaccessible. Best thing to do is count the headrests. Sensible. Statistically you're more likely to get killed on the road to and from the airport in a car. But it still pays to be prepared.

NO THEY WERE ALL ON A DIFFRENT PLANE

Plus 12 Australian skiers

and Godzilla

3 days into 2024 and already Japan is having problems.

well actually training and discipline, miracle is just empty hope

Guardian angels, aka flight attendants.