THE TALKS FLIGHT ATTEDANTS GIVE THAT MOST OF US DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO, ARE ABOUT HOW TO INFLATE A LIFE VEST, AND WHERE THE NEAREST EXITS ARE. THOSE TALKS ARE ROUTINE TODAY HOWEVER THEY WEREN’T PRIOR TO 1952. IN 1952, A PAM AM DC-4 CRASHED INTO THE SEA. EVERYONE SURVIVED THE PLANES HARD LANDING ON THE WATER. HOWEVER, MANY PANICED AS THEY COULDN’T FIND THE LIFE VESTS, AND OTHERS WERE RELUCTANT TO VENTURE OUT INTO THE OPEN WAVES OF THE WATER. TO MAKE MATTERS WORST, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAD A HARD TIME FINDING THEN PULLING OUT THE LIFE RAFTS. THE PASSENGERS DIDN’T GET OFF OF THE PLANE BEFORE IT SANK. THE PLANE SANK WITHIN MINUTES OF THE CRASH, 52 PEOPLE PERISHED. THIS CRASH WAS A CATALYST FOR BETTER FLOTATION EQUIPMENT, EASIER ACCESS TO THAT EQUIPMENT AND BETTER PREFLIGHT BRIEFINGS. NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND DON’T PANIC.