AN expert has revealed the dangerous seating position you should avoid on a flight in case of turbulence. Chaotic movements of air can cause severe turbulence , which passengers find unsettling. Now an expert has revealed advice on how slouching increases your changes of hitting your head on the seat in front of you during turbulence.
Leo Arguelles, PT, DPT, spokesperson for the American Physical Therapy Association, speaking to the New York Post, said: “Dispersing your weight between your pelvis and feet can take the pressure off your back and make it easier to stay upright for longer. He added: "If you happen to already be standing when turbulence hits, immediately sit down on the floor where you are and hold onto a nearby armrest." Kyle Koukol, a commercial pilot advised nervous flyers to take a seat in the middle of the plane near the wings to be closer to the centre of gravity.
Last month a Singapore Airlines flight from London hit extreme turbulence. There were multiple injures onboard flight SQ321 to Singapore, and the death of a 73-year-old British granddad. Shocking pictures taken onboard showed people slumped in chairs with smashed noses and bloody faces, with ceilings ripped apart and dents in overhead lockers where bodies had slammed into them.
Unfinished meals were seen strewn across the galley kitchen of the plane, along with kettles, rubbish, and bottles of wine. Geoff Kitchen, 73, died of a heart attack after the Boeing jet plunged 7,000ft in just six minute.
