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A LATAM Airlines jet flew into severe turbulence high above the western Pacific on March 11. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner plunged like an overripe coconut. Although the 263 passengers and nine cabin crew members landed safely‚ dozens were hurt‚ and 13 were hospitalized. Doctors treated 10 passengers and three LATAM personnel. Several presented with bloody head wounds. These passages from Chris Pandolfo’s account on Fox Business deserve close attention: At least 50 people were injured Monday after a “strong shake” threw those without seatbelts from their seats and tossed around passengers on the Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland‚ New Zealand… [Traveler Brian] Jokat told ABC that several passengers were not wearing their seatbelts when the plane took a dive. “If you were in your seat‚ you went straight up to the ceiling and bounced off the roof. I just happened to be one of the lucky ones who was strapped in for that incident‚” he said… “The guy on the other row‚ he hit his head on the baggage compartment and he actually‚ like‚ broke the thing.” Brian Jokat is wrong. He was not “one of the lucky ones.” Rather‚ Jokat was smart‚ mature‚ and responsible. Simply put‚ he behaved like an adult about his safety and that of his fellow passengers‚ particularly those whom his otherwise unbelted body could have injured had it hurtled through the cabin. READ MORE from Deroy Murdock: Hoyagate: Georgetown Law Is Vatican of Trump Hatred Airplane passengers should keep their seatbelts on‚ except when they get up to use the overhead compartments‚ wash their hands‚ or otherwise traverse the plane. It is not asking too much to stay belted in one’s seat. Airline lap belts are less intrusive than automobile seat belts‚ which — thankfully — feature shoulder harnesses. Yet people routinely fly unbelted. This sometimes turns humans into projectiles that land on‚ wound‚ and even kill those who are belted in their seats! I recall a recent flight in which a particularly rotund passenger sat across the aisle from me‚ with his belt flung thoughtlessly to the side. For a solid 30 minutes‚ I imagined our flight hitting turbulence‚ Chris Christie 2.0 ricocheting off the ceiling‚ and then crashing onto me like a human dumpster. If he did not kill me‚ he easily could have cracked my spine and condemned me permanently to a wheelchair. Replaying that mini-horror film inside my mind became unbearable‚ as did that passenger’s gross negligence‚ which inspired it. I eventually requested that a steward ask this selfish passenger to buckle up. He did‚ and the skies became friendly again. Was I being paranoid? Hardly. “Last week‚ Delta Air Lines Flight 175 traveled from Milan‚ Italy‚ to Atlanta‚ Georgia‚” Ned S. Levi wrote last Sept. 4 in Travelers United. “The Airbus A350 was about 40 miles from Atlanta when severe air turbulence injured twelve on the flight‚ eight passengers and four crew members. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)‚ one crew member was seriously injured. “Ayo Suber‚ a passenger on the plane‚ posted a video‚ plus an account of the turbulence incident on Instagram. She said that passengers were flying out of their seats and that one woman hit the overhead bin and cracked it. In her video‚ we can see the cracked overhead bin that Ms. Suber mentioned. An ice pack was held on a woman’s head‚ a person being assisted while walking off the plane‚ bandaged and wearing a neck brace‚ plus two people being carried off the plane on stretchers.” Levi further reported: Each year‚ approximately 58 people in the United States are injured by turbulence while not wearing their seat belts. U.S. air carriers had more than 200 air turbulence accidents‚ resulting in 164 serious injuries‚ 131 to the flight crew and 33 to passengers‚ from 2008 through 2022. Since 1980‚ there have been three fatalities sustained from severe turbulence‚ two documented to be passengers who weren’t wearing their seat belts while the seat belt sign in their planes was illuminated. If one refuses to wear a seat belt in a car‚ such stupidity rarely affects others. Even if an unbelted driver or passenger rides into a head-on collision and rockets through the windshield‚ chances are no one else would get hurt. Airliners are completely different. There is no windshield to slow a passenger who shoots out of his seat. Nearby travelers are not shielded by glass‚ metal‚ or even safe distance. When things go very wrong‚ flying unbelted is not a victimless act. Pre-flight safety videos should include footage of what happens when planes hit heavy turbulence and passengers become airborne. If so‚ the millions of reckless people who spurn seat belts would strap them on‚ leave them on‚ and stop endangering themselves and — more important — other passengers who take flight safety seriously. Flight staff should fortify their anodyne verbal requests that passengers stay belted. Why not say this? “Even after the pilot turns off the Fasten Seat Belt signs‚ we very strongly urge you to remain belted when seated. Turbulence injures almost 60 airline passengers annually‚ mainly because they refuse to wear their belts and then get catapulted from their seats. Don’t become a statistic‚ or worse. Stay belted until we land.” It also would help if Boeing and less clumsy jet manufacturers made Fasten Seat Belt signs permanent‚ much as No Smoking signs now stay lit. These companies should create signs that show either a passenger sitting down (Stay in your seat) or standing up (It’s OK to move about the cabin). When today’s Fasten Seat Belt signs go dark‚ they suggest that passengers unbuckle. This is the wrong message. It should be: “Fasten your seat belt at all times‚ except when the pilot says it’s OK to get up briefly. After that‚ please sit down and buckle up.” The alternative is to stay unbelted‚ potentially pilot one’s own personal flight through the fuselage‚ land uninvited on another passenger‚ and spend vacation not on beaches or ski runs‚ but in an ambulance or mortuary. Fliers of the world unite: Wear seat belts until you return to terra firma! Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News Contributor. The post Avoid Death by Turbulence: Fasten Your Seat Belts Until Landing! appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Sometimes‚ the indefensible becomes indefensible. Conservative provocateur and professional celebrity-feuder Candace Owens is out at the Daily Wire as of Friday morning. “Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship‚” Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing announced on X. “I am finally free‚” Owens wrote after the news broke‚ because lucrative Daily Wire contracts are the most restrictive things ever (just ask Steven Crowder). The rumors are true— I am finally free. If you would like to support my work‚ you can head to https://t.co/fOcTKYQDFk where you will be directed to my locals page. Or‚ you can give a gift at https://t.co/SB1L1WZYwW There will be many announcements in the weeks to come. — Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) March 22‚ 2024 I use the term “provocateur” very intentionally — as opposed to “podcast host” or “cultural commentator.” To be sure‚ Owens fills those two latter roles as well‚ yet they only ever come across as in service to her broader role: to create pop-culture controversy and use it to lure otherwise disinterested people into timeless arguments about liberty‚ freedom‚ and human meaning. But that’s the catch; it’s a two-step process‚ and Owens has only demonstrated consistent proficiency in the first. RELATED: An Open Letter to Ms. Candace Owens In fairness to Owens‚ she knows how to dish out the goods on pop culture hits. She’s achieved feuds with notable non-political celebrities‚ including rapper and truly exemplary character Cardi B‚ and secured interviews with cultural figures like Andrew Tate and Charlamagne tha God. She’s had her share of good moments‚ and many people who have zero interest in Buckley or Kirk (Russell‚ not Charlie) have probably been exposed to conservative/non-progressive ideology through her content. No matter what happens from here‚ she deserves credit for that — if only as an ideological gateway drug. But then there are all the less-than-good moments. Although the Daily Wire has yet to expound on the specific circumstances of her departure‚ it seems feasible that Owens’ stance on Israel contributed to the decision. Owens maintains her position on the Israel–Palestine conflict as “no government anywhere has a right to commit a genocide‚ ever.” The implications of her statement are unclear; for Owens‚ such vague public statements seem to be a chronic condition. But that hasn’t always been the case‚ and it’s likely not the only deciding factor in Owens’ exist. In recent months‚ she’s also seen fit to elevate bizarre anti-Semitic conspiracies about Jews drinking the blood of Christians and portray “political Jews” as “some of the most vile‚ dishonest‚ manipulative people that I have ever met.” She’s butted heads with fellow Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro ever since Oct. 7‚ with the ardent Israel supporter lambasting her comments about Jews and the state of Israel as “despicable.”  Candace Owens isn’t as bad as racialized news outlets like the Root portray her. Nor‚ I remain convinced‚ is she a true anti-Semite (although some of her good friends are far too close to that line for comfort). Yet she does represent a far broader principle that’s far bigger than any one issue or X dust-up: ignorance. It’s ignorance of tone and basic rhetorical objectives to say that it’d be “fine … if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well.” It’s ignorant of the principles of charity and context to claim that your Jewish employer is against quoting Scripture when that’s clearly not the intended meaning. And ignorance‚ when paired with rhetorical imprecision‚ does not a worthy thought leader make. For someone whose entire job is communicating clearly‚ Candace Owens is really bad at doing so. And when you’re so bad at communicating clearly that Holocaust deniers and actual anti-Semites like Nick Fuentes are praising you? This makes you really crappy at doing your job. Let’s be real: This isn’t the end of Candace Owens. She’ll continue selling her brand‚ aided by the moronic spirit of the modern right‚ which dictates that any form of opposition is proof of virtue. She’ll likely continue to generate pop-culture controversy. But any truth she might communicate will fight to be seen amid the ignorant and unserious lens through which she’s chosen to show it. She’s right that DEI and its advocates are advancing a terrifying vision of the future that delegitimizes any criticism in favor of petty distractions and inflated self-importance. I only wish she could demonstrate more often how she’s different. Isaac Willour is an award-winning journalist focusing on DEI‚ American conservatism‚ and ESG activism. His work has been featured at USA Today‚ the Daily Wire‚ New York Times‚ C-SPAN‚ and elsewhere. He is a corporate relations analyst at Bowyer Research‚ and former 2021 intern at The American Spectator. He can be found on X @IsaacWillour. The post The Rise and Fall of Candace Owens‚ Right-Wing Provocateur appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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