Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
After reading a
report by a FTer about an emergency evacuation of a UA 777 at CDG in 2008 (post 12) I started keeping my shoes on during takeoff (and landing) and my wallet, phone and passport on my body (usually cargo pants pocket).
Various media sites now report that only 37 people survived the Moscow crash land. I really hope that deaths can’t be tied to irresponsible passengers delaying the evacuation by opening overhead bins and/or taking their bags with them, but if that is indeed the case, something needs to be done about that.
In future they should be prosecuted and jailed although there is very little regard for safety regulations in Russia. I have been on many flights to Moscow where Russians defy the rules and take/make calls on their cellphones during take off and landing.