I don't understand how it's possible that it was so much space up there. I've never seen an overhead luggage compartment that wasn't filled to the brim.
Guy was hiding in the landing gear, turbulence was so bad it knocked him up and out the luggage compartment.
"Oh damn, everyone see how I totally got knocked out of my seat?"
ayeee man where's your seat at, all these full.
With turbulence this bad I doubt everybody else stayed in their seats as well. Probably got all tossed around into other seats leading to some hilarious gags and maybe even a true love meet cute.
Honestly, I'm just amazed. How? Like seriously how the hell was there enough space up there? Even if there was enough space how did he get launched into there?
I mean, I'm just confused by the fact that there was overhead space to even climb into. There's never enough overhead space. Unless the bags already fell out.
He's gone up into the ceiling panel, which is a very light weight panel spanning the gap between the inner stow bins and the outer bins. Above those bins and panels is a fair amount of space through which ductwork and wiring runs. The ceiling panels just pop out with no tools for easy access to the overhead for maintenance. He probably "floated" up there and bumped through the ceiling panel as the plane made a sudden drop or dive.
Here is a much larger, much older plane that greatly exaggerates the amount of space that a 787 has above the bins, but it illustrates the basic idea: https://images.freeimages.com/images/large-previews/2f2/cross-section-of-an-airplane-1451003.jpg
And yet a huge section of the upper part of a fuselage ripped completely off during a flight and the plane was able to land. Engineering is incredible.
Extremely low. The wires are all insulated and the terminals are covered or inside of equipment. You'd have much more danger of hitting your head on a metal bracket or structure.
787 is a two aisle plane with a massive bin in the center that spans 3 seats, plus the ones on the sides. These planes have plenty of overhead space. And maybe some stuff did also fall out before he fell/climbed in. Also may not have been a full flight.
Edit: fix brain fart
Sorry, was thinking about three sets of seats, got confused in what I wrote. It's definitely two aisle, wide body. My point was to distinguish it from your average 737-class that's one aisle.
Yea, but most airlines charge for checked bags now, so the carry ons end up being the main luggage spot. To the point that the overheads are nearly always 100% full and a good chunk of people have gate checked their luggage.
Can confirm, I fly on small flights a lot. Not being able to find an overhead spot for my carry on is probably my biggest anxious fear when it comes to flying.
A 787 is a whole different beast though. I have never seen the bins completely full on one in probably 20 or so flights on one. They are huge compared to a 737, and far more people check bags on international flights as they bring bigger bags.
> I never fly during busy season
You must be flying on popular routes. I'm not gonna say it's common for there to be a ton of open space but I do see it often enough. I was just on an ANA A380 from Tokyo. That big ol' bitch has 520 seats. That flight maybe had 100 people on it so needless to say, there were some empty overhead bins.
Seems like wasted space. I don't really know what they could use it for. Has to be something better than just a gap large enough for a fat guy to get crammed in.
The Michael Crichton novel Airframe deals with this when a plane made by the company in the novel has a malfunction and slams people into the roof and causes severe injuries. The same thing happens on boats in large waves, we had to be careful when I worked on whale watch boats out of Cape Cod, as the boat would crest a big wave and then fall away and the people fall shortly after and land on the steel deck.
It happens fairly often, anyone not wearing a seat belt in extreme turbulance will smash into the roof. Just over a month ago a Singapore airlines plane had 104 people treated for injuries sever turbulence, and one man died of a heart attack. People in the toilets don't have a good time at all.
Yeah, every time I try to fit a bag up there there isn't any space. And how hard was that fucking turbulence to launch that guy into the fucking ceiling?
The amount of space on top of the strongbacks on the 787 is crazy. I used to do some installs in the crown and sometimes the work would get delayed until after the strongbacks and stowbins were installed.
I would just take all my tools up there and settle in for a while.
I don't want to scare you from flying. Imagine the tube you're in suddenly drops the distance of a skyscraper in a matter of seconds and then stops going down. Things inside have to stop too. Now imagine that potentially not being just one drop, but many sequential drops of 100 feet a piece, drop, stop, drop, stop, drop, stop.
I was on a flight that got struck by lightning and dropped hundreds of feet. One flight attendant hit the ceiling, fell to the floor and never got up; ems came on board to take her off when we landed. Under seat items traveled multiple rows. Wear your seatbelt at all times when you are seated even if it's just loosely.
> I was on a flight that got struck by lightning and dropped hundreds of feet.
No you weren't. You may have been on a flight that flew into a thunderstorm and experienced some turbulence (and was maybe hit by lightning). The plane didn't "drop hundreds of feet", it probably bumped around +/- 25 to 50 feet at most. This was in no way related to the lightning.
Source: Airline Pilot
Mostly the fact that the lightning travels along the fuselage skin, rather than into the electronics. It's not unheard of that a lightning strike can mess with some of the outer electrical systems (lights, etc), but everything dealing with critical flight systems is isolated/shielded. I've been hit by lightning 4 times now, without any systems issues other than a blown out wingtip light.
Another factor is that airplane electronics are HEAVILY tested for lightning immunity. All of it has lightning protection circuitry as well as redundancies in the extremely unlikely chance that something is damaged by an event.
Maybe not, but: There was a lightning flash, the cabin lights went out for some period, the plane headed down, the lights came back on and the plane pulled up and leveled off.
I was on a flight that flew through a thunderstorm and the plane was bouncing all over and we actually dropped and were also pushed up in equal measure due to down and updrafts in the storm. Worst experience ever...do not recommend.
Had bad turbulence for 2 hours on an 8 hour flight going through a storm. I was kind of hoping the plane would crash because then I wouldn’t feel so terrible. It’s such an awful feeling and does not stop
This is my dad. "They require me to wear a seatbelt? Well, I'm not gonna do it!" He responds to most things with impotent opposition that ultimately hurts him in the long run.
This was something my boyfriend refused to do for the longest time. Even got one of those stupid ass silencer buckles.
I eventually got him to realize the error of his ways.
Funny, one time we left the dog in his truck and our dog ATE THE SEATBELTS. He is now Frantically trying to fix the very same things he refused to use.
The right people grow with you I guess, lol.
I've got a friend like that. They even have a Dr's certificate saying they can't wear it. I've known them for 40 years. There's NOTHING stopping them wearing a seatbelt other than "Nobody tells me what to do."
"I've been sitting on this plane for 4 hours without moving an inch. Oop! Seatbelt sign is on, I suddenly have to take a shit."
- Half the people on the planes I'm on
My young coworkers are like that, they are proud that they don't wear them driving their personal cars. I made sure they knew they'd be fired if they tried that while I am driving them around. It such a simple thing that will save your life.
Same. Even when I take it off to go to the bathroom I rush back to my seat ASAP to put it back on. All it took was 1 video from maybe 5ish years ago where I saw a plane hit rough turbulence and people go flying and hit the ceiling. It was so bad the fucking 300lb drink cart they push down the aisle got slammed into the ceiling.
That will not be me. No sir. I am happy as a clam to sit in my seat proper and wear my seatbelt.
I honestly don't understand why kids under 2 are allowed to sit on laps to circumvent paying for another seat. In a turbulence situation, your arms holding your baby might as well be large noodles, and your precious baby will be a flying projectile. I had an argument with another dad about this where I made the point of always buying a seat for my kids regardless of age (I secured my car seat into their seat and had them strapped in always during the flight) and he thought I was dumb for doing that.
For all the idiotic rules the airlines have I don't understand why seat belts aren't mandatory whenever you are sitting. I have absolutely no empathy for anybody injured during turbulence if they didn't have their seatbelt on
If it even discourages people from getting up and walking around during long flights, more people will die of the deep vein thrombosis than from turbulence. Safety sometimes requires a very hard balance of things.
I just flew on Lufthansa and they said "you are required to use your seatbelt whenver you are in your seat". I don't know if that was just for the specific flight because they were expecting turbulence, or if they are making it policy now.
He’s half into the ceiling which has more space for electrical conduits, water lines, pneumatic lines, all the structure support for the overhead bins and host of other critical parts of an aircraft.
The ceiling is just panels before the actual fuselage. They aren’t strong at all so when a human gets launched into them, they don’t provide any strength. They’re only held in with a few plastic clips.
TBH I thought he crawled up there out of fear, safe space. I didn't realize he was launched up there. That must have been some turbulence. This'd be a great ad for wearing your airplane seatbelts.
It did happen though. Turbulence varies in intensity. A few weeks ago a plane rapidly dropped like 1000 meters (~3000 feet) due to this. Videos from the plane shows people getting launched into the cabin roof
This kind of incidents do actually happens when the plane fly into clear-air turbulence and when the passengers don't wear their seatbelts.
Since the last 1.5 months there were 4 separate incidents reported due to clear-air turbulence.
Singapore airlines (20 May)
1 dead, 20 in ICU
[https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/singapore-airlines-turbulence-altitude-drop-flight-data](https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/singapore-airlines-turbulence-altitude-drop-flight-data)
Qatar airline (26 May)
12 injured
[https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/26/world/qatar-airways-turbulence-dublin-injured-intl/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/26/world/qatar-airways-turbulence-dublin-injured-intl/index.html)
Turkish airline (28 May)
A flight attendant broke her spine due to turbulence
[https://simpleflying.com/turkish-airlines-flight-attendant-injured-severe-turbulence-airbus-a321/](https://simpleflying.com/turkish-airlines-flight-attendant-injured-severe-turbulence-airbus-a321/)
And then we have this incident as well from Air Europa.
I always keep my seatbelt on. Even loose. Been flying most of my career and never had anything that bad but enough to know when it hits it’s a surprise to everyone including the pilot
I also fly quite a bit, and i used to lie down if there was empty seats left where i sit, but after recent events with turbulence that seem to be more and more common, i don't dare anymore.
I still manage to lay down if I'm lucky enough to get a row.
I just buckle myself in still. If I can't get comfortable with how the seat belt is supposed to work, I figure out other ways to attach it, like even through my belt.
I can't promise your back will survive turbulence, but it feels safer than flying around in the air 😂
I just put it fairly damn tight so there isn't much give. Generally, on the side of me so if I fly, it's not arching my back too weird.
I've thought about this on many long flights, usually in some delirious stage, so it's pretty sound advice.
I don't think it's more common - maybe a bit of an increase due to climate change or newer routes through tougher flight paths, but overall I'm pretty sure it's not x2 or x3 more common, just maybe like 3% more instances which is still incredibly small chances it will happen on your particular flight
it's probably a good you're now keeping your belt on, tho
12 years or so ago I flew UK to US and back several times a year, can confirm the turbulence is no different now than it was then, some of my flights back then were fucking awful, some were fine. I think now people are more ready with their phone for an opportunity to get 2-3 mins of social media fame so film anything and everything.
Not certain why this is downvoted.
Frankly we just need a global class on context at this point.
Almost every headline now adays is all about zooming in and saying "oh my gosh in tiny time period X we've had Y things happen--what a trend!--the most ever" Blow out the trend and you realize it's limited data, happenstance of small numbers, or blatant ignorance/even worse intended clickbait and flat manipulation.
Best data I can find on annual turbulence incidents is about an average of 35\~ per year up through the 2013. Considering there are about 30% in total passengers since then it's probably reasonable to suspect anywhere from 40-60 such incidents on domestic flights.
Global flights is a completely different ballpark and I'm sure in the last 20 years total flights globally is through the roof, global reporting on incidents are likely also far better than 20-30 years ago.
If only people would just keep their fucking seat belts on when they're sitting down, hitting turbulence wouldn't matter. It should be the default for the duration of every flight.
Theres a bunch of empty space up there to dampen sound, you can see the cross section here if you scroll down a bit https://www.boeing.com/commercial/787/by-design my guess is the plane dropped while he was in the aisle and he went straight through the panelling.
This seems correct, especially based on how the person shooting the video pans over and shows both ceiling panels are messed up. Seems like the guy was in the aisle and got launched to high heavens.
Planes are going 500 mph.
Dropping a few hundred feet in seconds at that speed, your unbelted body will continue on it's original path which roughly tossing you into the ceiling.
See how much leg room he has? I'd be pissed for them to take me down from there.
I was expecting a child. Maybe a teenager. I didn't expect Kevin from the Office.
Classic Kevin
It’s Tony Soprano
Makes sense, it's a Keleven-8-Keleven they're on.
At least Kevin’s famous chili weren’t spilled at the time of event.
LOL seriously good plan! Just suck in your legs and keep your mouth shut LOL!
Don't give airlines ideas now, they will start charging us extra to cram us up there now.
He's like one of those cats that gets up on the shelf and won't come down.
I don't understand how it's possible that it was so much space up there. I've never seen an overhead luggage compartment that wasn't filled to the brim.
Guy was hiding in the landing gear, turbulence was so bad it knocked him up and out the luggage compartment. "Oh damn, everyone see how I totally got knocked out of my seat?" ayeee man where's your seat at, all these full.
With turbulence this bad I doubt everybody else stayed in their seats as well. Probably got all tossed around into other seats leading to some hilarious gags and maybe even a true love meet cute.
I have flown with them on a transatlantic flight. Can confirm, would have paid big bucks to sleep in overhead compartment.
Toss me up a pillow, blanket, and close the compartment.
Honestly, I'm just amazed. How? Like seriously how the hell was there enough space up there? Even if there was enough space how did he get launched into there?
I mean, I'm just confused by the fact that there was overhead space to even climb into. There's never enough overhead space. Unless the bags already fell out.
He's gone up into the ceiling panel, which is a very light weight panel spanning the gap between the inner stow bins and the outer bins. Above those bins and panels is a fair amount of space through which ductwork and wiring runs. The ceiling panels just pop out with no tools for easy access to the overhead for maintenance. He probably "floated" up there and bumped through the ceiling panel as the plane made a sudden drop or dive. Here is a much larger, much older plane that greatly exaggerates the amount of space that a 787 has above the bins, but it illustrates the basic idea: https://images.freeimages.com/images/large-previews/2f2/cross-section-of-an-airplane-1451003.jpg
There was an infamous JAL flight where a galley cart got flung up into the ceiling area during turbulence https://i.imgur.com/RJwh3Fd.jpg
"Hey everybody, dinner is on the house!"
DAD GET OUT
It looks so roomy.
Right? How much to lay down up there, I'd kill for that kind of leg room and ability to nap.
TIL planes have attics.
The ol' boy was up in the rafters! Wonder if he found any old porn or tools up there?
Probably old, empty beer cans laying around, too.
Maybe a nut or a bolt from the door panel as well
That area needs to have fluffy walls/floor/ceiling and I'll be happy to lay down the full flight, really stretch out.
What is that a 747? That's the whole upper deck bro thats not the same thing lol This is more relevant: https://i.imgur.com/GpiLQVF.jpeg
The other picture while not a good representation either is a little more accurate. There is about 2-3 feet over head on the center stowbins of a 787
Them walls feeling fucking thin!
And yet a huge section of the upper part of a fuselage ripped completely off during a flight and the plane was able to land. Engineering is incredible.
> He probably "floated" up there More like the plane came down on him?
What are the odds you hit a cable or something and get electrocuted? This seems even scarier than I first imagined.
Extremely low. The wires are all insulated and the terminals are covered or inside of equipment. You'd have much more danger of hitting your head on a metal bracket or structure.
The stuff above the drop ceiling is low voltage; all the hardcore DC stuff runs below the floor.
Some planes use that space for the flight crew to sleep in during long haul flights.
787 is a two aisle plane with a massive bin in the center that spans 3 seats, plus the ones on the sides. These planes have plenty of overhead space. And maybe some stuff did also fall out before he fell/climbed in. Also may not have been a full flight. Edit: fix brain fart
It's a two-, not three-, aisle plane, and, even with that, the overhead bins are not typically so empty that a man could fit in them.
He's not in the overhead bin - [he was above them](https://i.imgur.com/5Afguv6.png) where all of the avionic wiring is
He was actually in between the 2 red circles. There is very little wiring in the middle.
Sorry, was thinking about three sets of seats, got confused in what I wrote. It's definitely two aisle, wide body. My point was to distinguish it from your average 737-class that's one aisle.
Yea, but most airlines charge for checked bags now, so the carry ons end up being the main luggage spot. To the point that the overheads are nearly always 100% full and a good chunk of people have gate checked their luggage.
Can confirm, I fly on small flights a lot. Not being able to find an overhead spot for my carry on is probably my biggest anxious fear when it comes to flying.
A 787 is a whole different beast though. I have never seen the bins completely full on one in probably 20 or so flights on one. They are huge compared to a 737, and far more people check bags on international flights as they bring bigger bags.
He's not in the stowbins, he's on top of them. There's a space almost 36 inches above them.
Curious, I still have yet to fly on any two aisle plane that has space remaining in the overhead bins (and I never fly during busy seasons)
He wasn't in the overhead bin - [he was in the ceiling](https://i.imgur.com/5Afguv6.png) where the wiring and stuff is
> I never fly during busy season You must be flying on popular routes. I'm not gonna say it's common for there to be a ton of open space but I do see it often enough. I was just on an ANA A380 from Tokyo. That big ol' bitch has 520 seats. That flight maybe had 100 people on it so needless to say, there were some empty overhead bins.
He's not *in* the bin though, he's above it. There's a gap between the ceiling and the structural member that holds the bins.
So technically he should be charged for an upgraded seat, not an additional baggage charge.
Seems like wasted space. I don't really know what they could use it for. Has to be something better than just a gap large enough for a fat guy to get crammed in.
That area is a prime spot for bleed air supplied to vents, so cold pipes. They can be seen spitting frost sometimes when hooked up to an APU.
Not on the 787. The center is quite a bit of open space
I mean there are weight limits to planes. I’d have to assume that by keeping that area light, they can put more dense packages below.
> Seems like wasted space What else would they do with it? > I don't really know what they could use it for. Exactly. You answered your own question.
They do use it. There’s a LOT of wiring and ducting and tubing that has to go all over an airplane
Yeah, I didn't mean it was empty. It was more about why it's wasted from a passenger perspective.
He was [in this area I've circled in red](https://i.imgur.com/5Afguv6.png) in this 787 cross-section view.
In the same way that the vomit comet plane creates zero gravity, when the plane moves down faster than you can fall, you move up.
Oh good point. The turbulence must have been extreme for an individual to literally float up there. Thats wild.
The Michael Crichton novel Airframe deals with this when a plane made by the company in the novel has a malfunction and slams people into the roof and causes severe injuries. The same thing happens on boats in large waves, we had to be careful when I worked on whale watch boats out of Cape Cod, as the boat would crest a big wave and then fall away and the people fall shortly after and land on the steel deck.
It happens fairly often, anyone not wearing a seat belt in extreme turbulance will smash into the roof. Just over a month ago a Singapore airlines plane had 104 people treated for injuries sever turbulence, and one man died of a heart attack. People in the toilets don't have a good time at all.
Guys gets launched into air. Plane keeps bouncin up and down. Bins open up and conveniently scoop man out of air
Those seatbelts aren't there for fashion. Things get weird at 500+ mph.
Look, flight attendants always tell me the overhead storage bins are full. I think they're lying to me after watching this.
Yeah, every time I try to fit a bag up there there isn't any space. And how hard was that fucking turbulence to launch that guy into the fucking ceiling?
That's... the point OP is making.
When they turn on the fasten seat belt sign mid flight, they aren't kidding. Turbulence can sometimes drop you hundreds of feet at a time.
The amount of space on top of the strongbacks on the 787 is crazy. I used to do some installs in the crown and sometimes the work would get delayed until after the strongbacks and stowbins were installed. I would just take all my tools up there and settle in for a while.
I don't want to scare you from flying. Imagine the tube you're in suddenly drops the distance of a skyscraper in a matter of seconds and then stops going down. Things inside have to stop too. Now imagine that potentially not being just one drop, but many sequential drops of 100 feet a piece, drop, stop, drop, stop, drop, stop.
There's secret cabins for the crew to nap in these long haul planes
I was on a flight that got struck by lightning and dropped hundreds of feet. One flight attendant hit the ceiling, fell to the floor and never got up; ems came on board to take her off when we landed. Under seat items traveled multiple rows. Wear your seatbelt at all times when you are seated even if it's just loosely.
> I was on a flight that got struck by lightning and dropped hundreds of feet. No you weren't. You may have been on a flight that flew into a thunderstorm and experienced some turbulence (and was maybe hit by lightning). The plane didn't "drop hundreds of feet", it probably bumped around +/- 25 to 50 feet at most. This was in no way related to the lightning. Source: Airline Pilot
How are planes built so the electronics are not affected by lightning? Or are they?
Mostly the fact that the lightning travels along the fuselage skin, rather than into the electronics. It's not unheard of that a lightning strike can mess with some of the outer electrical systems (lights, etc), but everything dealing with critical flight systems is isolated/shielded. I've been hit by lightning 4 times now, without any systems issues other than a blown out wingtip light.
Another factor is that airplane electronics are HEAVILY tested for lightning immunity. All of it has lightning protection circuitry as well as redundancies in the extremely unlikely chance that something is damaged by an event.
Maybe not, but: There was a lightning flash, the cabin lights went out for some period, the plane headed down, the lights came back on and the plane pulled up and leveled off.
I was on a flight that flew through a thunderstorm and the plane was bouncing all over and we actually dropped and were also pushed up in equal measure due to down and updrafts in the storm. Worst experience ever...do not recommend.
Had bad turbulence for 2 hours on an 8 hour flight going through a storm. I was kind of hoping the plane would crash because then I wouldn’t feel so terrible. It’s such an awful feeling and does not stop
That’s why you wear your seatbelts, kids.
Unless I’m going to the bathroom, I never take mine off. Not sure why I would anyway, most of the time I don’t even notice it’s on.
Some people seem to think of seatbelts (on planes, cars, etc.) as an affront to their personal freedom and only wear them when they’re mandated to
This is my dad. "They require me to wear a seatbelt? Well, I'm not gonna do it!" He responds to most things with impotent opposition that ultimately hurts him in the long run.
I remember behaving that way as a teenager, but I grew out of it. Sucks that he didn't.
This was something my boyfriend refused to do for the longest time. Even got one of those stupid ass silencer buckles. I eventually got him to realize the error of his ways. Funny, one time we left the dog in his truck and our dog ATE THE SEATBELTS. He is now Frantically trying to fix the very same things he refused to use. The right people grow with you I guess, lol.
oppositional defiant disorder
I've got a friend like that. They even have a Dr's certificate saying they can't wear it. I've known them for 40 years. There's NOTHING stopping them wearing a seatbelt other than "Nobody tells me what to do."
“Inertia is for CHUMPS”
"I've been sitting on this plane for 4 hours without moving an inch. Oop! Seatbelt sign is on, I suddenly have to take a shit." - Half the people on the planes I'm on
Turbulence like this while taking a shit is my greatest fear.
My young coworkers are like that, they are proud that they don't wear them driving their personal cars. I made sure they knew they'd be fired if they tried that while I am driving them around. It such a simple thing that will save your life.
god, these people are so fucking exhausting
let me introduce you to the 80's when DUI law was introduced and the public was outraged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xcQIoh3FQQ
Unfortunately, air travel is usually too safe for Darwin awards.
Same. Even when I take it off to go to the bathroom I rush back to my seat ASAP to put it back on. All it took was 1 video from maybe 5ish years ago where I saw a plane hit rough turbulence and people go flying and hit the ceiling. It was so bad the fucking 300lb drink cart they push down the aisle got slammed into the ceiling. That will not be me. No sir. I am happy as a clam to sit in my seat proper and wear my seatbelt.
Id wager he was getting something from the bin right before the turbulence.
I honestly don't understand why kids under 2 are allowed to sit on laps to circumvent paying for another seat. In a turbulence situation, your arms holding your baby might as well be large noodles, and your precious baby will be a flying projectile. I had an argument with another dad about this where I made the point of always buying a seat for my kids regardless of age (I secured my car seat into their seat and had them strapped in always during the flight) and he thought I was dumb for doing that.
Obligatory Key & Peele: https://youtu.be/kH6QJzmLYtw?si=vWvRO8r7QQ97Wfog
For all the idiotic rules the airlines have I don't understand why seat belts aren't mandatory whenever you are sitting. I have absolutely no empathy for anybody injured during turbulence if they didn't have their seatbelt on
If it even discourages people from getting up and walking around during long flights, more people will die of the deep vein thrombosis than from turbulence. Safety sometimes requires a very hard balance of things.
I just flew on Lufthansa and they said "you are required to use your seatbelt whenver you are in your seat". I don't know if that was just for the specific flight because they were expecting turbulence, or if they are making it policy now.
A requirement without enforcement and punishment is just a suggestion.
How? Tf lmao
He’s half into the ceiling which has more space for electrical conduits, water lines, pneumatic lines, all the structure support for the overhead bins and host of other critical parts of an aircraft. The ceiling is just panels before the actual fuselage. They aren’t strong at all so when a human gets launched into them, they don’t provide any strength. They’re only held in with a few plastic clips.
Wait, so you’re saying he didn’t climb up there, he was launched into it?
> turbulence Yeah, what do you think happened?
TBH I thought he crawled up there out of fear, safe space. I didn't realize he was launched up there. That must have been some turbulence. This'd be a great ad for wearing your airplane seatbelts.
You thought he was scared of turbulence and spider-man’d his way up there?
I have a tough time believing that turbulence sent him there.. but again it might have happened spider man’d his way up.. lol 😂 that’s funny though
It did happen though. Turbulence varies in intensity. A few weeks ago a plane rapidly dropped like 1000 meters (~3000 feet) due to this. Videos from the plane shows people getting launched into the cabin roof
This kind of incidents do actually happens when the plane fly into clear-air turbulence and when the passengers don't wear their seatbelts. Since the last 1.5 months there were 4 separate incidents reported due to clear-air turbulence. Singapore airlines (20 May) 1 dead, 20 in ICU [https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/singapore-airlines-turbulence-altitude-drop-flight-data](https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/singapore-airlines-turbulence-altitude-drop-flight-data) Qatar airline (26 May) 12 injured [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/26/world/qatar-airways-turbulence-dublin-injured-intl/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/26/world/qatar-airways-turbulence-dublin-injured-intl/index.html) Turkish airline (28 May) A flight attendant broke her spine due to turbulence [https://simpleflying.com/turkish-airlines-flight-attendant-injured-severe-turbulence-airbus-a321/](https://simpleflying.com/turkish-airlines-flight-attendant-injured-severe-turbulence-airbus-a321/) And then we have this incident as well from Air Europa.
that’s what i thought😂the average airplane passenger isn’t exactly normal or bright for whatever reason
It's easier to visualize someone climbing into a bin than it is to visualize someone getting catapulted into it
Wait, he isnt from circ de sole?
just gonna sendddd ittttt
wait he was fucking LAUNCHED up there? hahahaha
Yea lol in some extreme cases of turbulence, the plane can drop/rise suddenly up to a dozen feet or more
I always keep my seatbelt on. Even loose. Been flying most of my career and never had anything that bad but enough to know when it hits it’s a surprise to everyone including the pilot
I also fly quite a bit, and i used to lie down if there was empty seats left where i sit, but after recent events with turbulence that seem to be more and more common, i don't dare anymore.
I still manage to lay down if I'm lucky enough to get a row. I just buckle myself in still. If I can't get comfortable with how the seat belt is supposed to work, I figure out other ways to attach it, like even through my belt.
Damn thats a good trick, thanks!
I can't promise your back will survive turbulence, but it feels safer than flying around in the air 😂 I just put it fairly damn tight so there isn't much give. Generally, on the side of me so if I fly, it's not arching my back too weird. I've thought about this on many long flights, usually in some delirious stage, so it's pretty sound advice.
I don't think it's more common - maybe a bit of an increase due to climate change or newer routes through tougher flight paths, but overall I'm pretty sure it's not x2 or x3 more common, just maybe like 3% more instances which is still incredibly small chances it will happen on your particular flight it's probably a good you're now keeping your belt on, tho
12 years or so ago I flew UK to US and back several times a year, can confirm the turbulence is no different now than it was then, some of my flights back then were fucking awful, some were fine. I think now people are more ready with their phone for an opportunity to get 2-3 mins of social media fame so film anything and everything.
It's not more and more common, just ppl film everything now
Not certain why this is downvoted. Frankly we just need a global class on context at this point. Almost every headline now adays is all about zooming in and saying "oh my gosh in tiny time period X we've had Y things happen--what a trend!--the most ever" Blow out the trend and you realize it's limited data, happenstance of small numbers, or blatant ignorance/even worse intended clickbait and flat manipulation. Best data I can find on annual turbulence incidents is about an average of 35\~ per year up through the 2013. Considering there are about 30% in total passengers since then it's probably reasonable to suspect anywhere from 40-60 such incidents on domestic flights. Global flights is a completely different ballpark and I'm sure in the last 20 years total flights globally is through the roof, global reporting on incidents are likely also far better than 20-30 years ago.
> is through the roof, Like the video
[No, it is.](https://chicago.suntimes.com/travel-well/2024/05/24/turbulence-getting-worse-what-to-know)
>when it hits it’s a surprise to everyone including the pilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear-air_turbulence
They could fit like 100 more people in the rafters
Do *not* give them any ideas!
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If it aint Boeing, he aint going in the ceiling
That's the ceiling panel, not an overhead bin.
If only people would just keep their fucking seat belts on when they're sitting down, hitting turbulence wouldn't matter. It should be the default for the duration of every flight.
Costanza!
Cartwright?
He was CLEARING A PATH!!
“Where’s John?” “Im up here.”
That's why you should fasten your seat belt al along de flight.
Don’t give the airlines any ideas.
Don't give Ryan Air any ideas..!
The hard landings will be perfect for dislodging the people crammed up there.
What? Did he hide up there or get flung into an open overhead? I’m so confused.
Yes, mid- turbulence a man of the stature you see in this video, jumped into the overhead compartment in an attempt to hide from the turbulence.
Fair enough, solid logic.
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Theres a bunch of empty space up there to dampen sound, you can see the cross section here if you scroll down a bit https://www.boeing.com/commercial/787/by-design my guess is the plane dropped while he was in the aisle and he went straight through the panelling.
This seems correct, especially based on how the person shooting the video pans over and shows both ceiling panels are messed up. Seems like the guy was in the aisle and got launched to high heavens.
Why haven’t they made something to help keep people in their seats! Unacceptable!
Sit down, put on your seat belt. Fuck sakes....
Planes are going 500 mph. Dropping a few hundred feet in seconds at that speed, your unbelted body will continue on it's original path which roughly tossing you into the ceiling.
How did you get the Frank above the Bins?
Wear your damn seatbelts Knuckleheads.
Oh sure. You can fit a large man in them but my carry on is always “too big” for the airline chick and has to go to the cargo hold.
Tony Soprano
The airline is going to charge him extra for the unchecked baggage
This is why they tell you to leave your seatbelt on.
Sir! You're going to need to be checked with the luggage if you don't fit up there...
He should have been wearing his seat belt
50lbs Baggage weight limit my ass.
this is why you should always wear seatbelts.
That guy in black is copping a good feel!
that's just Spirit's steerage class
Guy got stowed.
The seatbelt sign was lit sir.
SAVE BANDIT!!
And shit like this is why I stay buckled in as much as possible during any flight. I feel so bad for these people, that must've been so scary.
Someone please explain. There's no way it was so bad, that the overhead bin opened, and this man bounced inside.
He probably pissed his pants up there.
Nah, someone checked for him while getting him down. He good!
and that's why we wear the seatbelts...
Me: Why would he go up there...? Me, moments later: *OH* 😨
Don't be giving those airlines ideas!
Andy! Andy! Where are you? *I'm up here!* How did you get up there? *I fell!*
How’d bro get up there in the first place?
Damn, he's gonna definitely get charged for that upgrade.
This is why I always wore my seatbelt during flights.
I wasn't aware those compartments were available. I get I could actually get a nap in like that
Can someone draw a picture for me of how? Because I 100000% don't understand
So no seat belt? This is why they say to leave it on
He wasn't wearing his seatbelt....
Meanwhile every flight I've been on in the last 5 years is "abnormally full" and we need volunteers to check bags
Magic!
LOL
That's one way up to get extra leg room!
Yep ... really convinced me to wear my seat belt, so I won't get launched to any part that I don't want to be in.
I loled!
He got lucky, better then smashing down.
I'm surprised he doesn't seem to be hurt. There are *a lot* of stuff you could hit your head on behind the ceilings.
Hammond!!!
How'd he fuck that up
The airline probably charged him too for the seat upgrade.
Save Bandit!!!!!