Why do air hostesses sit with their hands under their legs during takeoff or landing? Know the real reason!

Traveling by plane is a unique experience in itself, but people also get to learn a lot during this journey. If you look at the different things inside the plane, you will find that they are surprising. Now take the air hostess only. You might have noticed, or seen it on TV, that when the plane takes off or lands (Why Cabin Crew Sit On Hands In Jumpseats), the air hostess sits with both hands under her feet. There are many reasons behind sitting in this special position.

Under News18 Hindi’s series Ajab-Gajab Knowledge, we bring for you surprising information related to the country and the world. Today we will talk about the way flight attendants sit on their hands while sitting in the plane. Actually, recently someone asked a question on the social media platform Quora – Why do air hostesses sit on their hands? The question was interesting, so we thought of giving you information about it. But before that know what people said.

Air hostesses sit in this special way with their hands pressed down, this is called brace position. (Photo: Facebook/Mond Ortiz)

People gave this answer on Quora
A woman named Anusha Pratima said that there are two main reasons for sitting on hands. The first is that by sitting in the brace position, the movement of the hands is controlled, in this way if any accident or turbulence occurs, the body does not get hurt much. A woman named Lynette Easterday said that during takeoff and landing, she sits with her hands under her feet so that she can prepare herself for any kind of turbulence.

This is the real reason
These are the answers of common people, let us now see what reliable sources have to say about it. According to the website named Simple Flying, cabin crew, i.e. flight attendants, sit on jump seats. While sitting on this seat, their sitting position is absolutely straight. They sit with their backs pressed against the wall. His hands are below both his feet. This position is called Brace Position which may be different in different airlines. But this is the most common brace position. It is believed that during turbulence, the hands of flight attendants can move here and there, due to which they can get injured. Because of this they cannot help the passenger. This is the reason why they sit with their hands pressed down so that they get less injury or their hands do not collide with anything.

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