If you were gonna die in a plane crash, do you want to be asleep or awake? - Page 2 - GoFuckYourself.com

Evil Doer · 09-11-2005, 08:53 PM

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broke · 09-11-2005, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by latinasojourn

jets rarely ditch in the ocean. but if they do they are equipped with life rafts and fly "great circle routes" with specified altitudes and calculated engine out glide ratios to minimize the chance of a water ditching. there are no single engine airlines, and these aircraft can remain aloft losing half their engines.

when you fly to london from NYC you are mostly gliding distance to land the entire distance. same with chicago to tokyo.

when lindbergh flew the spirit of st.louis to paris he was over land most of the time. airlines do something similar as geography permits.

there is a reason airplanes don't go down in the middle of the ocean much.

Thanks -- I didn't know that.

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Originally Posted by latinasojourn

but if you must ditch in the ocean make sure you know how to put on your life vest---how to inflate it, and how to use the blow tube...

If you're honestly a jet pilot that has flown over water, you'd know my "life vest" would be worthless in the N. Atlantic and that ditching is the worst thing that could ever happen on a flight.

Stacey_JoinRightNow · 09-11-2005, 09:15 PM

awake so that I will be aware, and do something before its too late (getting a parachute)... Gee, I dont want to die in that way... I dont want my body crashed into peices... yeooooowww!

latinasojourn · 09-11-2005, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by broke

Thanks -- I didn't know that.

If you're honestly a jet pilot that has flown over water, you'd know my "life vest" would be worthless in the N. Atlantic and that ditching is the worst thing that could ever happen on a flight.

no not an ATP, but it's important to educate yourself when the stewardess demonstrates the safety features of the airplane you are flying in---i guess many people here do not know this stuff, and i see many people sleeping through the info simply because flying is so safe these days.

it is true that an ocean ditching is just about the worst eventuality, especially in cold water, but...

the personal life vest is only designed to keep you afloat until you can be retrieved and put in a life raft which all airlines have on board. the life raft has emergency provisions (food and water) and they are covered to keep you out of the weather.

and this is why it's better to be awake when a plane goes down.

http://www.theraft.com/frames/main/p...ead/abouts.htm

broke · 09-11-2005, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by latinasojourn

no not an ATP, but it's important to educate yourself when the stewardess demonstrates the safety features of the airplane you are flying in...

God -- you sound like my flight attendant wife.

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Originally Posted by latinasojourn

and this is why it's better to be awake when a plane goes down.

Of course it's better to be awake and alert. Have a good one, latinasojourn.

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