Your Plane is on Fire. Grab Your Luggage or Exit?
Aug 4, 2016 08:49:23 #
A plane on the ground in Dubai was on fire and filling with smoke. So what did the passengers do? They scrambled to get their luggage.
http://jalopnik.com/video-shows-emirates-flight-ek521-passengers-grabbing-b-1784778771
EDIT: When I looked at it this morning, there were 17,404 views.
Why can't people take cell phone video horizontally?
http://jalopnik.com/video-shows-emirates-flight-ek521-passengers-grabbing-b-1784778771
EDIT: When I looked at it this morning, there were 17,404 views.
Why can't people take cell phone video horizontally?
Aug 4, 2016 09:11:45 #
Cape Codder
Loc: Cape Cod
I think I'd be pretty angry if some idiot in front of me was blocking the aisle while reaching for a bag!
Aug 4, 2016 09:32:54 #
radiumjohn
Loc: Pulaski, Virginia, USA
Of course you're right about the luggage, but the last thing I'd do is adjust my phone to landscape while exiting a plane on fire.
Aug 4, 2016 10:01:08 #
jerryc41 wrote:
A plane on the ground in Dubai was on fire and filling with smoke. So what did the passengers do? They scrambled to get their luggage.
http://jalopnik.com/video-shows-emirates-flight-ek521-passengers-grabbing-b-1784778771
EDIT: When I looked at it this morning, there were 17,404 views.
Why can't people take cell phone video horizontally?
http://jalopnik.com/video-shows-emirates-flight-ek521-passengers-grabbing-b-1784778771
EDIT: When I looked at it this morning, there were 17,404 views.
Why can't people take cell phone video horizontally?
Partly, it is because a cell phone's camera function is secondary. Cells are designed to be held, viewed and operated vertically as a phone.
Your camera's body and controls are oriented specifically for horizontal shooting.
Also, there is a lack of aesthetic awareness on the photographer's part. No consideration is given other than the need to zero in, capture and post online ASAP.
For another viewpoint:
http://www.outsideonline.com/1925801/stop-taking-vertical-photos-already
Aug 4, 2016 10:40:35 #
Phreedom wrote:
Partly, it is because a cell phone's camera functi... (show quote)
There's an app that makes video landscape format automatically. That should be the default on every cell phone.
Aug 4, 2016 23:25:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Why can't people take cell phone video horizontally?
Because they don't know any better.
Heck ya I'm grabbing my luggage, I have my camera in there!
Aug 5, 2016 06:03:21 #
chandler13a
Loc: Hertfordshire UK
Lets not forget the Fireman that gave his life saving others.
Wally...... Fire Service retired Officer.
Wally...... Fire Service retired Officer.
Aug 5, 2016 06:41:07 #
Cape Codder wrote:
I think I'd be pretty angry if some idiot in front of me was blocking the aisle while reaching for a bag!
I'm with you on this one!
Aug 5, 2016 07:05:13 #
machia
Loc: NJ
People do the same thing when their home is on fire . Self preservation ought to come first , but preservation of our " stuff " seems to be equally or perhaps more important . Interesting to say the least .
Aug 5, 2016 07:46:15 #
Cape Codder wrote:
I think I'd be pretty angry if some idiot in front of me was blocking the aisle while reaching for a bag!
Mad hell, I'd have knocked out of the way so hard he wouldn't walk right for a month.
Aug 5, 2016 10:05:10 #
Cape Codder
Loc: Cape Cod
Carl, problem is that while he was doubling over in much-deserved pain, he'd still be blocking the aisle.
Aug 5, 2016 10:12:23 #
Cape Codder wrote:
Carl, problem is that while he was doubling over in much-deserved pain, he'd still be blocking the aisle.
All you have to do is walk over or on him. No problem!
Aug 5, 2016 10:31:12 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Why can't people take cell phone video horizontally?
Because they're idiots.
Aug 5, 2016 10:53:16 #
Isn't this why we buy special insurance for our camera equipment? We'd leave it on the plane and get out as quickly as we can.
Aug 5, 2016 12:07:57 #
Well, I would have to think about it. My life is going to be much simpler if I can grab my carry-on bag. My wallet, money. credit cards, passport, drivers license are all in there. You may also have expensive stuff that you didn't want to expose to TSA thieving. In their defense, the airplane wasn't on fire yet, just smoke in the cabin. It did get a lot more serious very quickly after the engine explosion but... I would be mostly concerned about going down the emergency slides, there are enough injuries on every deployment without the hazards of banging bags. If the flight crew is still in control they will stop you from trying to get to your luggage.
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