Why Do Passengers Grab Their Bags During Emergency Evacuations?

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It seems counter-intuitive. If you are a passenger in an airliner that has caught fire and you can see smoke and flames billowing upwards outside your cabin window, wouldn’t you want to get out of that aircraft as quickly as humanly possible? But some high profile incidents captured on smartphone...

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