“Please keep your seatbelts on until the plane has come to a complete stop, and the ‘Fasten Seatbelts’ sign has been turned off.”
Your plane has successfully landed, and it is now moving slowly forwards to the place where it will park and let the passengers disembark.
“Nobody will mind if I just unfasten my seatbelt and grab my bag from the overhead locker, so that I am ready to leave, will they?” you think.
Well, if your plane has landed in Turkey then you are wrong. Turkish authorities have just introduced a fine of around 50 Pounds for any passenger who unfastens their seatbelt before permission has been granted. Apparently, more and more people have been ignoring the instruction to wait.
I must admit that I have unfastened my
seatbelt early myself. After sitting in
a plane for hours, you can almost taste the freedom of the outside world. But if you think rationally about it, it is
silly to rush off the plane as fast as possible, only to have to wait for
another hour at the baggage reclaim area, hoping to catch a glimpse of your
suitcase.
Vocabulary:
to disembark – to leave a ship, aircraft or
plane
[eg., Please inform the cabin crew if you
need some help to disembark.]
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