white house staffer played in the west wing by richard schiff. we ask at this time that you turn off all electronic devices and return your seat backs to the full and upright position. we ll be landing shortly at washington dulles airport. sir, i need you to turn off the computer. i need you to turn off your laptop, sir. interferes with our navigational systems. when you say that it sounds ridiculous to most people. mr. zeigler, a message was patched up to the cockpit for you. i m not sure i got it right. you got it right. you can t use your phone until we land, sir. it came off the line 20 months ago and carries a tracking system. are you telling me i can take this down with something i purchased at radio shack. you can call when we land,
rules today, the white house tweeted you re welcome, toby zeigler. that refers to the fictional white house staffer played in the west wing by richard shift. we ask at this time that you turn off all electronic devices and return your seat backs to the full and upright position. we ll be landing shortly at washington dulles airport. sir, i need you to turn off the computer. i need you to turn off your laptop, sir. interferes with our navigational systems. when you say that it sounds ridiculous to most people. mr. zeigler, a message was patched up to the cockpit for you. i m not sure i got it right. you got it right. you can t use your phone until we land, sir. it came off the line 20
officials who were already on there take some of these passengers who were stranded off. one more note, the ntsb says they ll be looking into the fact that two of the chutes, we talked about this yesterday two of those that are supposed open up outside opened up inside. they re going to look into that. not only are they investigating the crash, but how some of the safety features on this plane worked well or didn t work at all. brian: are you saying that the lap belts didn t open? they just got jammed? is that what they were cutting? yes. there is two things that happened. first of all, the safety chutes. you see them on the seat backs and the security things you read in the back of your seat. two of those opened up inside, and some of the passengers were actually stuck. they re not sure if it s because maybe they were wedged in they couldn t get their seatbelts off or if there was a malfunction, but they had to cut some of the lap belts off to get some of the passengers off. g
survive. reporter: tests like these, jets intentionally crashed. this one filmed by the discovery channel as well as actual deadly accidents have brought change to almost everything in the cabin. airline seats used to crumple in a crash. these are the new seats built to withstand 16 gs, 16 times the force of gravity. the fabrics on the seats and many of the materials in the cabin are less flammable, given giving passengers a few more precious seconds to escape. but experts say there is more we can do. adding airbags, many airlines have installed them in business and first-class. but in economy, bracing is still one of the best ways to avoid injury. the back of the seat in front of you has the padding. there is a worry if airlines stuff in too many seats it is impossible to brace. as we saw in this crash, many seat backs have tv screens, approved by the faa but a worry to some. the screens up there, you don t want to have to walk away
exit? pay attention to what the flight attendant says, no matter how many times you fly. every plane is different. take a look around, the nearest exit may be behind you. look for a second exit. that exit may be blocked. count the number of rows between where you re sitting and that exit either before or behind you so if the aircraft is dark, if you can t see what s going on because of smoke, you can count seat backs. when you re flying in an airplane wearing cotton clothing, not polyester. if there s a fire, cotton won t melt, polyester might. wear long pants, long sleeved shirt. be aware of your surroundings. under no circumstances get your pocket bag or laptop bag. what happens to other aircraft. flights are coming in right after, one after the other. what immediately happens to stop them. all these flights had to be diverted. how do they do that? control tower will start