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safety question: providing oxygen to a baby in the case of a drop of cabin pressure
That's the first time I am trying to post in this group, apologies if
my question is perhaps a little bit off the main stream. It's motivated by (a) the recent crash of an airliner going from Cyprus to Greece (under truly horrific circumstances, if you ask me) and (b) a planned journey where my wife and I want to travel with our two children (4 yrs and 10 months) by airplane to and from our destination. The 10-month old will be 14 months old by the time of the journey and I am concerned about what may happen to her in the case of a drop of cabin pressure -- like on that fatal flight from Cyprus to Greece. The standard procedure is to put on one's own oxygen mask first and then take care of one's child. So far so good, but what if your child doesn't have it's own mask? -- since (a) it's so young that it does not have its own seat and (b) all seats in the vicinity are occupied, which means that there won't be any otherwise unused mask that one could grab. It seems to me that exactly one mask per seat will drop from the cabin ceiling, so I am assuming that the question is valid. I can only speculate about what safety procedures may usually be in place to prevent this kind of situation. Are there perhaps oxygen flasks stowed somewhere in the cabin together with appropriate masks? But how shall someone make it with such a flask to your seat if the pilots are following proper procedures and take the plane into a dive? Well, I do not want to speculate too much. I usually enjoy flying, trusting the general safety standards, but the crash in Greece has made me concerned as a father of a small kid. Hope somebody who is knowledgeable will provide an answer. Best regards Thomas |
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