jump seat
noun
1
: a folding seat between the front and rear seats of a passenger automobile
2
: a movable carriage seat
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Tremblay was found still strapped in her jump seat when first responders showed up.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
The video shows the passenger seated not in a standard economy row but in a wide, open area of the aircraft, positioned in a hallway space near jump seats.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Solange Tremblay, a veteran crew member on Jazz Aviation Flight 8646 operated for Air Canada Express, was found alive on the tarmac still strapped into her jump seat after the March 22 crash, according to her daughter Sarah Lepine.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Should the plane suddenly drop, the passenger seats can bear a force of sixteen g’s; the jump seats have harnesses to hold down the crew.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
The video shows the passenger seated not in a standard economy row but in a wide, open area of the aircraft, positioned in a hallway space near jump seats.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Solange Tremblay, a veteran crew member on Jazz Aviation Flight 8646 operated for Air Canada Express, was found alive on the tarmac still strapped into her jump seat after the March 22 crash, according to her daughter Sarah Lepine.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Should the plane suddenly drop, the passenger seats can bear a force of sixteen g’s; the jump seats have harnesses to hold down the crew.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Jump seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%20seat. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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