Travelers’ Safety

Presented by
Gordon Dupont
Renee Dupont-Adam
 The Program
1. Just a few statistics
Aviation is the Safest mode of transport there is. The odds of being
killed on a commercial flight are 1 in 19.3 million. You are 9 ½
times more likely to be killed by lightning
2. The secret to survival
How to improve the odds in your favour
3. A look at a survivable accident – Beating the odds
4. Where is the Safest place to sit?
This might surprise you
5. The seven rules to survival
Simple once you realize the reasons why
6. Open forum
Anything goes except marriage counseling or politics
 IGordon - New Guinea
am an ex Transportation Safety1961
Board
Accident Investigator
with 52 years of aviation experience

Which one is the Pilot and

which is the Bishop?
Bishop
1. Just a Few Statistics
There are lies, dam lies and statistics
Harry Truman

All Travel is a Hazard

Fatality Rate Per Mile per 100 Million Passengers
Motorcycles 9.7
The Most Dangerous Form of
Transportation Known to Man
(Not counting the space shuttle)
In any
form of
accident
he will
be in a
world of
hurt –
If he
survives
1. Just a Few Statistics
There are lies, dam lies and statistics
Harry Truman

All Travel is a Hazard

Fatality Rate Per Mile per 100 Million Passengers
Motorcycles 9.7
Walking 5.3
Texting Increases the Unfavourable Odds
1. Just a Few Statistics
There are lies, dam lies and statistics
Harry Truman

All Travel is a Hazard

Fatality Rate Per Mile per 100 Million Passengers
Motorcycles 9.7
Walking 5.3
Bicycle 4.3
Not including this bike rider
1. Just a Few Statistics
There are lies, dam lies and statistics
Harry Truman

All Travel is a Hazard

Fatality Rate Per Mile per 100 Million Passengers
Motorcycles 9.7
Walking 5.3
Bicycle 4.3
Automobile .4
Railway .1
The number will likely be higher in
India
1. Just a Few Statistics
There are lies, dam lies and statistics
Harry Truman

All Travel is a Hazard

Fatality Rate Per Mile per 100 Million Passengers
Motorcycles 9.7
Walking 5.3
Bicycle 4.3
Automobile .4
Railway .1
Bus .04
Forgot what he was driving
today?
1. Just a Few Statistics
There are lies, dam lies and statistics
Harry Truman

All Travel is a Hazard

Fatality Rate Per Mile per 100 Million Passengers
Motorcycles 9.7
Walking 5.3
Bicycle 4.3
Automobile .4
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Railway .1
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Bus .04
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US Department of Statistics
Last fatal US commercial air crash (2013) - Aug. 27, 2006
Until July 6th 2013
 1. Just a Few More Statistics
a) Odds of YOU being on an airline flight which
results in at least one fatality:
1 in 10.0 million
b) Odds of YOU being killed on a single airline flight:
1 in 19.8 million
You have a 53% chance of surviving an aircraft crash

So lets see what we can do to improve the

odds of the survivour being YOU
2. The Secret to Survival

a) Luck
And

b) “MP”
MP
Mentally Prepared
3. A look at a Survivable Accident
July 6, 2013 304 Survivors
San Francisco 2 Crash Fatalities
 4. Where is the Safest Place to Sit?
Aug. 16, 2010 129 Survivors
San Andres, Columbia 2 Fatal
#2 #1
#3
Empennage Wing
Front
Area
4. Where is the Safest Place
Not to Sit?
April 13, 2013 All 108 on board survived
Bali, Indonesia
Just behind the wing
 5. The Seven Rules to Survival
1. Listen to that Safety talk

Smoking Startle
Can
39,000 ft. Time
15 to 20 seconds Can
Cut
Cut
That
That
Time
Time
In In
1/2 1/2
5. The Seven Rules to Survival
1. Listen to that Safety talk

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h e s
T t
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t h e
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All Seat Belts are not Created Equal
Driver
– Right side

ed
a r
ep Passenger

P r – Left side
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t a
e n
M
Aviation

B e ALWAYS
From
Center
 5. The Seven Rules to Survival
1. Listen to that Safety talk
2. Count seats forward and back
3. Remember the seats fold down
4. Watch floor lighting
Floor Lighting (If its working)
 5. The Seven Rules to Survival
1. Listen to that Safety talk
2. Count seats forward and back
3. Remember the seats fold down
4. Watch floor lighting
5. Keep seat belt on and tight
Why ALWAYS Wear Your Seatbelt?
11 were injured
“Fasten Seat Belt” was on
ALL injured were not
wearing their seatbelts

That could be You

You Never Know When Your
Seatbelt Will Be Handy
 5. The Seven Rules to Survival
1. Listen to that Safety talk
2. Count seats forward and back
3. Remember the seats fold down
4. Watch floor lighting
5. Keep seat belt on and tight
6. Wear non-flammable clothes (wool not nylon)
and laced up shoes (No flip-flops or open toed shoes)
a) Nylon and other polymers are not a good protector from
heat
b) Nylon melts in heat at about 200 C.
c) Friction burns can occur if it is rubbed hard.
d) Natural fibers like wool and cotton offer better protection
 5. The Seven Rules to Survival
1. Listen to that Safety talk
2. Count seats forward and back
3. Remember the seats fold down
4. Watch floor lighting
5. Keep seat belt on and tight
6. Wear non-flammable clothes (wool not nylon)
7. Mentally Prepared: Review in your mind
during each takeoff and landing what you might
have to do and don’t cross your legs
 119 Aboard – All Survive
• Pacific Western Boeing 737
• March 22, 1994
• Engine failed on take-off
• Punctured fuel tank &
started a fire

• All experienced travelers

• They were MP
• Would you be?
 139 Aboard 52 Don’t survive
Manchester UK
Aug. 22, 1985
Left Engine
failed on takeoff
Hole in fuel tank
Slowly stopped
and taxied off
runway

• Tourists with limited flying experience

• More passengers - Charter - Many elderly
• First ones stopped to get their hand luggage
• Negative panic (Waited for the aisle to clear and someone to
tell them what to do )
• NOT MP
 5. The Seven Rules to Survival
1. Listen to that Safety talk
2. Count seats forward and back
3. Remember the seats fold down
4. Watch floor lighting
5. Keep seat belt on and tight
6. Wear non-flammable clothes (wool not nylon)
7. Mentally Prepared: Review in your mind
during each takeoff and landing what you might
have to do and don’t cross your legs
7.5 A Smoke Hood- -The Poor Man’s Smoke Hood
 Most Survivable Aircraft Accident
Fatalities are the Result of
Smoke Inhalation
• System Safety Services offers a small, light and
very inexpensive Safety tool to help you survive
any smoke related incident
• The Emergency Smoke Hood enables a person to
both see and breathe in a smoke filled atmosphere
• This atmosphere can be in a downed aircraft or a
hotel & apartment hall or even a home
• The hood provides three to four minutes of
precious time to get out of the life threatening
atmosphere
• But note the following cautions
Emergency Smoke Hood Cautions

• This hood is heat resistant and NOT flame proof

• The person must be Mentally Prepared to use it and
have it readily available in an emergency
• It is not a toy and must be kept out of children's reach
• Review the accompanying instructions and practice
using it
• Your life could depend on it
 AND MOST IMPORTANT
LEAVE YOUR BAGGAGE BEHIND
• Your only priority must be to get out of
the aircraft.
• Taking baggage takes time that could cost
lives – Yours?
• The airline will pay for all “lost” baggage
• Just don’t even think about doing it
•Be Mentally Prepared
First Fatal Airplane Crash
September 17, 1908
Lt. Thomas Selfridge Killed
Orville Survived
1st Fatality in Almost 5 Years
Of Flying

50% Survival Rate

6. Open Forum
• Any questions?
• Any comments?
Deep Vein Thrombosis Thanks for
The
NowAirline Solution
to Avoid: attending and
• Exercise
• More exercise
may all your
• Still more exercise flights be the
• Drink lots of water Safe ones
• Traveler compression sox
• Baby aspirin (But check Gordon Dupont
with your doctor first) Renee Dupont-Adam