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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Mike PMike P Date: Aug 23, 2008 14:24
"martin" etiqa.co.uk> wrote in message
news:48b07315$0$26075$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...> Mike P wrote:
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>> "martin" etiqa.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:48b066f9$0$26085$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...>>> Mike P wrote:
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>>>> That's the main problem. When an airliner crashes, there rarely is
>>>> time. I can't think of any crash where having a parachute would have
>>>> made much, if any difference to the amount of fatalities. They don't
>>>> just glide down from 35,000ft and hit the water or ground.
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>>> I can think of exactly one.
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>> I can think of the Sioux City crash, but no others..
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>> Mike P
> that makes two Gimli Glider - damn they were luck - compared to your
> example
Indeed, but in the circs, I would have rather taken my chances and stayed on
the plane TBH. There's always a reasonable chance if it's under control.
> I don't understand why they give us flotation vests.
It's a small, light way of making us feel safer. The effect is purely
psychological ;-) It gives us a sense that we won't drown if we have to
ditch. The facts are usually that planes "ditch" at such speeds that they
are utterly pointless
> I'd rather dump the weight and have it compulsory added to the fuel load.
How much do they weigh? 1/2 kilo each maybe? Hardly seems worth it.
Mike P
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