Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
Yes, row 1 and 6 have seat belt air bags. Maintenance and crew seemed surprised that all three “fired” simultaneously, and I think that is why they made us change to another aircraft, to not take the risk that the other side or row 1 might deploy spontaneously inflight.
That, and they can't fly with three disabled airbags / have to fly without passengers in those three seats.
Given the impact of an airbag coming straight up, I can imagine three folks are going to have claims for injuries, even if small.