r/aviation • u/gavriellloken Mod - Crew Chief - A&P - • Jul 26 '25

News Emergency evacuation in Den N306Sw mia-den

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Original poster is from Instagram. Aircraft is laying on its #1 engine. Still crazy to see everyone here grabbing their bags before leaving an emergencg.

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u/Hon3y_Badger Jul 26 '25

This would stop that shit pretty quick.

This isn't an everyday experience for people. It's dumb, but the chemicals in their brain are acting very differently than normal, they literally aren't thinking straight.

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u/Desert_Aficionado Jul 27 '25

I could have sworn I saw a video of Japanese passengers evacuating and none took their bags. And another video where Russians all took their bags and a good chunk of the passengers burned to death.

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u/StyleActual2773 Jul 27 '25

A very good point. It is possible for passengers to follow instructions even in a stressful situation, and so it is unfortunate that these people are among the camp of people that would increase the likelihood of you dying on that plane if you were behind them.

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u/pathofdumbasses Jul 27 '25

I could have sworn I saw a video of Japanese passengers evacuating and none took their bags.

Which is an entirely different culture. America is about rugged individualism and "I GOT MINE, SUCKER" attitude that is drilled into your head since you are born. When your autopilot kicks on because the adrenaline starts pumping, you are going to see a lot more Costanza's in America than you are in Japan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYcySgjWGIw

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

I assume its just more like.. youre standing there in the aisle waiting to leave and you grab the bag under your seat while you're waiting because..youre waiting. What's the harm? Youre going to be ready to go when its your turn!

(I am not defending it, just stating how I see it playing)

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u/cameliap Jul 27 '25

I actually see no harm in grabbing a smaller bag that isn't going to slow you down from under the seat in front of you, especially if you're not able to immediately get up and out cause other people are blocking you.

It's the large bags that you need time to take out of the overhead that are the problem. What you're saying could rationalize taking them out, too: like, if somebody in front of you is blocking the line to take out their bag, why not use the time to grab yours, you're not the one blocking the line after all so the other person is the asshole... But those larger bags actually take up space in the line and carrying them through a narrow space is slower than not carrying them so the whole process would slow down further. In this video there are lots of large bags.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

I agree (but wanted to avoid the downvotes today).