A320 Airbags
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A320 Airbags
Paxed on a Jetstar A320 the other day, and was seated in a emergency exit row. Noticed very strange seat belts and discovered that they have a airbag fitted. No mention was made in the safety breifing card, or the verbal given to you by a F/A. Great idea, but why only the exits?
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Correct froggy,
where there is a bulkhead installed or risk of impact to a seat in front where there is a bit too much space to adequately assume a brace position against the seat in front without risk of injury, or at least somethiing along those lines.
From memory it is a FAA requirement adopted by CASA as of last year, affecting all new build aircraft.
where there is a bulkhead installed or risk of impact to a seat in front where there is a bit too much space to adequately assume a brace position against the seat in front without risk of injury, or at least somethiing along those lines.
From memory it is a FAA requirement adopted by CASA as of last year, affecting all new build aircraft.
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It is because most seats on civilian aircraft are the wrong way round. They should be facing aft.
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Flight Attendants (mostly) face rearwards. I was told (in the sort of discussion of aviation trivia/myths/outrageous facts) this was because the crash survivability was higher. Which sort of makes sense as you are forced forward in a crash, which for the FAs is backwards, just pushing them further into the seat.
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The airbag is there to enable the seat installation to meet HIC to FAR 25.562 and 25.785 (16g and HIC requirement). It is also virtually impossible to certify a side facing seat without an airbag.
Cabin crew face rearwards primarily as they need to be able to see all the passengers at take off & landing; it is also more survivable.
Cabin crew face rearwards primarily as they need to be able to see all the passengers at take off & landing; it is also more survivable.
