Travelers

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Travelers Safety
Presented by
Gordon Dupont Renee Dupont-Adam
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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

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Gordon - New Guinea 1961
I am an ex Transportation Safety Board Accident
Investigator with 52 years of aviation experience
Which one is the Pilot and which is the Bishop?
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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
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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
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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
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Texting Increases the Unfavourable Odds
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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
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Not including this bike rider
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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
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The number will likely be higher in India
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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
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Bus .04
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Forgot what he was driving today?
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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
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But its got even better
Bus .04 Air .02 US
Department of Statistics
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Last fatal US commercial air crash (2013) - Aug.
27, 2006
Until July 6th 2013
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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
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2. The Secret to Survival
a) Luck
And b) MP

• Mentally Prepared

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

• 1. Listen to that Safety talk

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

• 1. Listen to that Safety talk

But theyre NOT the same
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All Seat Belts are not Created Equal
Driver Right side Passenger Left side
Be Mentally Prepared
Aviation ALWAYS From Center
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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
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Floor Lighting (If its working)
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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
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Why ALWAYS Wear Your Seatbelt?
11 were injured Fasten Seat Belt was on ALL
injured were not wearing their seatbelts
That could be You
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You Never Know When Your Seatbelt Will Be Handy
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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
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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 dont cross your legs
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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?

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139 Aboard 52 Dont 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

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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 dont cross your legs
7.5 A Smoke Hood
- -The Poor Mans Smoke Hood
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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

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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

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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 dont even think about doing it
• Be Mentally Prepared

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First Fatal Airplane Crash September 17, 1908 Lt.
Thomas Selfridge Killed Orville Survived 1st
Fatality in Almost 5 Years Of Flying
50 Survival Rate
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6. Open Forum

• Any questions?
• Any comments?

Deep Vein Thrombosis
Thanks for attending and may all your flights be
the Safe ones
The Airline Solution
Now to Avoid

• Exercise
• More exercise
• Still more exercise
• Drink lots of water
• Traveler compression sox

Gordon Dupont Renee Dupont-Adam

• Baby aspirin (But check with your doctor first)