Delta Connection hit by AirFrance A380 On Taxi

For regular flyers the droning announcements made during boarding and taxi sometimes become background noise but here's a great video to remind everyone why those announcements and the information they contain are so very important. Watch the video clip below (it's not very long, only about 10 seconds or so) and think about what would have happened to people not wearing seat belts or worse yet, standing up, as a nearly full AirFrance A 380 (carrying 475 passengers, a full crew, cargo, baggage, fuel, food, etc) clips the back end of a nearly full 76 seat CRJ. The CRJ is spun around like a top and the AirFrance winglet is torn off.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/as-air-france-a380-clips-smaller-plane-air-traffic-controller-remains-amazingly-calm/2011/04/12/AFMkfSQD_blog.html

...and remember, "Please remain seated, keeping luggage stowed and your seatbelt securely fastened until the aircraft is parked at the gate and the seat belt sign is turned off" is done for safety, not just because we like to hear ourselves say it!