99% Invisible

In The Unlikely Event

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Nov 18, 2020
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ANECDOTE

Collector's Obsession With Safety Cards

  • Mo Laborde collects airplane safety cards and has about 300 in her collection.
  • She was drawn to their retro aesthetics and the stylized depiction of crashes.
INSIGHT

Post-Impact Fire Is The Deadliest Threat

  • Most crash fatalities come from post-impact fire and smoke rather than the impact itself.
  • Survivors usually die because they cannot evacuate the cabin quickly enough.
INSIGHT

The 90-Second Survival Window

  • Researchers estimated about 90 seconds before cabin conditions become unsurvivable.
  • Evacuation speed, not impact survivability, determines who lives in many accidents.
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