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In Case of a Water Landing??!?!?! Seriously?
On my way back from Vegas I paused to actually listen to the safety announcements at the beginning of the flight. Seriously. What the heck is wrong with the people who come up with this stuff?
“In the event of a water landing, you can use your seat cushion as a flotation device”.
First, what the heck is a “water landing”!?!?!??! You mean if we crash into the water? I believe that it should be called a “water crashing”.
I referred to the safety guide for a further view of what is meant by a “water landing”.
Apparently it means that the plane will land ontop of the water and float peacefully ontop of the water until we have all safely deboarded the plane and are in inflatable rafts. I suppose that it sinks sometimes later.
Second, in the event that the plane does crash into the water,:
1) what is the chance that anyone will survive at all and
2) is my seat cushion really going to help?
Also, those things don’t come off too easily…. Am I really going to struggle with my seat cushion or dig around under the seat for my inflatable life vest as the plane is sinking deeper and deeper into the water? Oh wait!! Per the pictures above it won’t sink until we are all safely off.
Perhaps they should say “In the event of a crash into the water, you will probably be dead, and not even your seat cushion will save you. If you are alive, get out of the plane as quickly as possible.”
“Please fasten your seatbelt at all times. Your flight attendant will demonstrate.” Really? Are there actually people in this world who don’t know how to use a seatbelt? This seems especially unnecessary since the flight attendants check anyways….
In case you don’t know how a seatbelt works, see below.
OK, I’m done ranting for now. At least until the next time I fly.
- Krista
11 Responses to “In Case of a Water Landing??!?!?! Seriously?”
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Duh haven’t u ever seen lost. Almost all of those people survive.
OK, so apparently a plane just crashed into the Hudson River. I have terrible timing on this post.
Here is the first photo on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregorylam/3200086900/
I hope that everyone on the flight is ok.
WTF- are you a freakin’ oracle?
That’s some seriously crazy shit.
Yeah seriously…. I posted it and like 10 min later the news about the plane crash came out. I had been planning a rant about this for a while…. apparently I was wrong… the plane did appear to mostly float on the surface of the water, and the life vests and boats were used….
So, I will now be taking requests for blog posts….. Anyone want to win the lottery?
Yeesh. Nice going Cassandra!
Promise me you won’t mock motorcycle helmets while I’m out riding!
Yeah, cause even though a plane is a heavy thing, through the wings it has a large surface area to distribute the force until the wings are under the waterline. After that, the pressure from the air in the cabin, less dense than the water that the plane would sink into, keeps the plane from sinking into the water.
An analogy would be: Fill a bath with water and put a bucket on the water. It floats freely. Even fill it partly with water, and most of the bucket will stay above the waterline. The only time the bucket becomes completely submerged is when the bucket is full.
Turn the bucket over, so that it is on end, and you’ll find it very difficult to fill it full of water. The pressure from the air inside the bucket stops the water from filling it up.
Laws of displacement
@Brent - I’ll try to avoid talking about anything like that for a while….
@Arron - Thanks for the explanation
Clearly I’m not really a science person.
Wow, that is just too strange.
So, all your theories were proven wrong, kinda immediately eh.
You should post “Ben won’t win the lottery” and then blog on how unlucky I am.
We’ll split the winnings. I just need enough to start and sustain my avocado farm.
Krista! Check out your law of attraction in action! CRAZY!! I have to agree with you… Until yesterday I had always thought to my self, what good is a flotation device if you crash and are no longer alive to use it? So now I find myself grateful, grateful all survived in yesterdays event… Next time we all jump on a plane maybe we should consider listening to those flight attendants?
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What do you think the chances are for survival on the Ark should a flood hit? Will there be seat belts? Will there be instructions for the seat belts?