Southwest Airways says it’s ending cabin service earlier to cut back probability of damage
Southwest Airways says it’s ending its cabin service earlier on its flights beginning subsequent month.
Starting on Dec. 4, an organization spokesperson stated, flight attendants will start making ready the cabin for touchdown at an altitude of 18,000 ft as an alternative of 10,000 ft. The change in process is designed to “scale back the chance of in-flight turbulence accidents” for crew members and passengers, the corporate stated.
For passengers, meaning they might want to do the standard pre-landing procedures — similar to making certain their seatbelts are fixed and returning their seats to an upright place — sooner than earlier than.
Whereas turbulence-related fatalities are fairly uncommon, accidents have piled up over time. A couple of-third of all airline incidents in the USA from 2009 by way of 2018 have been associated to turbulence, and most of them resulted in a number of critical accidents however no injury to the aircraft, the Nationwide Transportation Security Board reported.
In Might, a 73-year previous man died on board a Singapore Airways flight when the aircraft hit extreme turbulence over the Indian Ocean.
The airline had additionally beforehand introduced different modifications.
Beginning subsequent 12 months, Southwest will toss out a half-century custom of “open seating” — passengers choosing their very own seats after boarding the aircraft.
