Keep Calm and Dump Your Bags: Lessons to Learn from Emirates Plane Crash Landing

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Some 300 passengers and crew miraculously escaped after an Emirates flight crash landed in Dubai on Wednesday and a part of it exploded into a ball of fire shortly after everybody had been evacuated.

The crew were hailed for their efforts that made sure there were no injuries, but it could have gone all wrong.

An amateur video -- shot by a passenger -- of the moments before the evacuation throws up many lessons for air passengers on how not to go about it during a crisis on-board. HT goes through the video and points out some of them:

Evacuation video of #Emirates #EK521 from crash landing #Dubai #Airport this afternoon. Brave #CabinCrew pic.twitter.com/kEZuFh2aa6

KEEP CALM

What they did: Passengers were seen moving about in the cabin, some in near-panic. There was shouting and shoving. All these made the evacuation difficult and delayed everyone's way to safety.

What you should do: While the first instinct of many would be to panic under these circumstances, such behaviour only makes the job of the crew difficult. Calm and order help. Stay in your seat and await instructions.

HEED INSTRUCTIONS

What they did: Passengers were heard shouting out to each other while the captain and crew gave instructions over the in-flight address system which many may not have been able to hear.