Pilot reveals you should always wear shoes onboard for this terrifying reason

Pilot reveals you should always wear shoes onboard for this terrifying reason

Travellers onboard may have noticed being told to keep their shoes on during take-off and landing, and it turns out this is a preparation in case the worst does indeed happen.

According to Ben Sherwood, author of The Survivors Club — The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life, 80 percent of all crashes happen within the first three minutes of a flight or in the last eight minutes before landing.

Therefore both passengers and crew need to be geared up to make a speedy escape – which is where your shoes come in.

Speaking to TripSavy, an anonymous pilot who works for a major airline explained: “God forbid there was an emergency, you wouldn’t want to evacuate a plane that might be on fire or standing in mud and weeds wearing a pair of flip-flops.”

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Published at Fri, 29 May 2020 06:48:00 +0000