• News
    • Tech News
    • AI
  • Gadgets
    • Apple
    • iPhone
  • Gaming
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
  • Science
    • News
    • Space
  • Streaming
    • Netflix
  • Vehicles
    • Car News
  • Social Media
    • WhatsApp
    • YouTube
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
TikTok
Snapchat
WhatsApp
Submit Your Content
Scary reason why flight attendants sit on their hands during flight

Home> Vehicles> Plane news

Published 16:07 28 May 2024 GMT+1

Scary reason why flight attendants sit on their hands during flight

There's a safety reason behind the position.

Rebekah Jordan

Rebekah Jordan

Featured Image Credit: _hennylim_/TikTok
TikTok

Advert

Advert

Advert

Ever noticed that when flight attendants take their seats in the cabin for takeoff or landing, they sit with their hands tucked under their legs?

Here's a clue, it's not for comfort.

A TikTok video by creator _hennylim_, or Henny, a flight attendant herself, addressed: 'Why do cabin crew sit on their hands while in their jumpseats?'

The video explains that flight attendants tend to assume what's called the 'brace position' during takeoff and landing.

Advert

As shown in the video, their feet are flat on the floor with their hands tucked under their legs.

This position helps brace their bodies to minimise injury in the event of a crash landing or other emergency.

jamies.x. / Pexels
jamies.x. / Pexels

'The aim is to keep the body in a rigid pose so that if there was any impact in an unplanned emergency, the body is damaged less,' Lim's video explained.

Advert

'This keeps body movement restricted so that there is less chance of injury if there was an impact.'


Of course, the safety belts and buckles handle the safety side of things pretty well ensuring that the attendants are secured in their seats.

Advert

While the full brace position is used when the 'brace for impact!' instruction is given in a crash situation, flight attendants must adopt a version of it every time they are in the jump seat due to the higher risk of being thrown during takeoff and landing.

Either way, it's still interesting to know why they sit on their hands.

'Good info. Always preparing for a crash is scary though,' one user commented.

_hennylim_/TikTok
_hennylim_/TikTok

Advert

The video was watched over 36,000 times and reached over 1300 likes.

After the popular video took off, multiple flight attendants jumped in to share their safety protocols - which is otherwise a mystery to those of us outside of the industry.

'Depending on the jump seat position and location, and the aircraft type, they also place their head a certain way for takeoff and landing,' Hilary Clark, who leads in-flight services with private jet company Planet 9, described.

'For example, if their seat is facing away from the pilots, toward the aft of the aircraft, they place their head slightly up and back on the headrest.

Advert

'If their seat is facing the pilots, to the forward of the aircraft, they place their head down and slightly tuck their chin as if they are bowing.'

Choose your content:

20 hours ago
a day ago
2 days ago
6 days ago
  • 20 hours ago

    Elon Musk's billionaire rival calls out Tesla after self-driving vehicle slams into child-sized mannequin

    'How many kids does FSD need to run over before you fix this?'

    Vehicles
  • a day ago

    'Wild' footage of Tesla Model Y driving itself to new owner leaves everybody saying the same thing

    A glimpse of the future from Elon Musk

    Vehicles
  • 2 days ago

    Viral clip shows Tesla Cybertruck vs Lamborghini in drag race and there's an unexpected victor

    Noise doesn't equal speed when it comes to cars

    Vehicles
  • 6 days ago

    TSA bans these six popular snacks from planes and a lot of people won't be happy

    Rethink what food you bring on your next flight

    Vehicles
  • Vital reason flight attendants sit on their hands during takeoff and landing
  • Scary reason why flight attendants sit on their hands during flight
  • Flight attendants explain real meaning behind their secret ‘Coke or stroke’ code that goes straight over passenger's heads
  • Crucial reason why you should blur your house out on Google Maps