Don’t ignore “Buckle Seatbelts” sign

If you’re flying and the pilot has put on the Buckle Seatbelts sign, don’t think of it as a suggestion. It’s serious. How serious? A woman from Texas ignored the sign, which the pilot activitated because of turbulence. She went to the bathroom and when the air turbulance rocked the plane, she was thrown up to the ceiling and back down again, breaking her neck.

According to this ABC article, Texas Woman Breaks Neck, Back In Airplane Turbulence, the woman sustained a broken neck that was similar to Christopher Reeves – a so-called hangman’s fracture.

Two other passengers on the flight suffered more minor injuries.

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