How does Bill Bryson end up in a “crash position” in the aircraft?

Once while travelling in an aeroplane, he bent over to tie his shoelace and at the same time someone in the front seat pushed back into full recline. That was when he ended up in the ‘crash position’. He had to claw at the leg of the man sitting next to him in order free himself from the tangle.

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