Passenger Posts Oxygen-Mask Selfie as Jet Plunges
Jul 9, 2014, 10:24 am
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Passenger Posts Oxygen-Mask Selfie as Jet Plunges
On Tuesday night, a Lisbon-Amsterdam TAP Portugal flight made an emergency landing in Paris after oxygen masks dropped. One passenger reacted by taking out his phone and...
He shared his photo on Twitter saying that it was the "worst flight of [his] life."
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/wo...selfie-n151731
Are there appropriate times to selfie and less opportune moments to capture a photo of yourself?
He shared his photo on Twitter saying that it was the "worst flight of [his] life."
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/wo...selfie-n151731
Are there appropriate times to selfie and less opportune moments to capture a photo of yourself?
Jul 10, 2014, 3:31 am
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Since I went thru a mask deployment and the accompanying 'plunge' from 30+ to 10-12 thousand feet in 4-5 mins about 7 years I can tell you it gets your adrenaline levels pretty high pretty fast. At the time the concept of selfies wasn't that prevalent, so I posted on pprune and FT when we were on the ground:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/2...1881-8nov.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...is-11-8-a.html
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/2...1881-8nov.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...is-11-8-a.html
Jul 10, 2014, 7:40 am
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I always have my camera handy while traveling as I make albums for Facebook for 90% of my trips and contribute regularly to a number of FT threads. I'd be taking pictures of this and I won't lie...I'd probably take a selfie 
Jul 29, 2014, 8:18 am
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This would actually be the only appropriate time to make selfies and post the stuff on facebook or twitter. It's much more special and eventful than the kazillionth picture of you getting a venti decaf frappucchino with low fat milk. There's a big chance you'll never experience it again, there's even a big chance most people won't experience this, so why not show it to the rest of the world?
