That’s the name of a new smartphone app from the HCI Lab at the University of Udine in Italy. And the name says it all.
From the app’s website:
Flying is safe!Aircraft accidents are unlikely eventsBut what if…Are you prepared to cope with emergencies?
It’s an interactive video game, but one that aspires to educate rather than amuse.
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The app takes users through computer-generated visual simulations of several emergency flight situations—an onboard fire, a collision, a forced water landing, a crash, and so on—challenging them to “try your abilities in the worst-case scenarios.” According to the app’s creators, “people can familiarize themselves with aircraft emergencies by playing ‘what-if’ scenarios, choosing their own actions, and seeing their positive or negative consequences realistically depicted by a 3D game.”
The app is available free, for the iPhone and Android devices.
It’s certainly more entertaining than the current crop of preflight safety announcements. And it might even save lives.
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