Why is there an airplane in the water?
51He’s actually Andrew Ryan’s son.
29Would you kindly take this golf club.
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Humor
9There were multiple videos covering this plane crash, here is one:
Cessna Engine Failure and Ditching in Ocean, Filmed From Inside (HD)
5Seaplane
3I'm assuming the airplane is fucked and they had to ditch it in the water. He's wearing an emergency floatation vest.
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Remember kids, according to an FAA review of accidents, no type of water ditching has lower than an eighty percent survivability rating. So putting it in the drink is always an option.
46Not really sure what "water ditching" means but I assume that's any time the airplane ends up in the water instead of on land?
If that's a case, then there's definitely the type of water ditching where the plane angles into the water at full speed, and I don't think that's gonna have 80%
26Flight instructor here: "ditching" is the technical term for landing a land plane on water. Here's the procedure from the Pilots Operating Handbook of a Cessna 172S:
23I'm pretty sure by "type of ditching" OP means the water conditions. Ditching near the beach is often safer a roadway landing. The least safe is ditching in rough seas in the middle of the ocean, but even that has a surprisingly high survival rate. Pilots don't always know this, and sometimes give up, not knowing that if they glide the airplane carefully down to the water, their chances of living are pretty good.
5then there's definitely the type of water ditching where the plane angles into the water at full speed, and I don't think that's gonna have 80%
Pretty sure last time that happened it was still ~30%, which seems pretty impressive considering the video: https://youtu.be/w1u0D0E-Bq0 (SFW but it is a plane crashing)
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_961
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80% survivability…for the black box
8I wanna see a source plz
5https://www.aviationsafetymagazine.com/features/the-myths-of-ditching/
Sorry for the wait. I had family visiting and completely forgot about my comment. I believe I recall an FAA study with similar findings, but I can’t find it atm.
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That's just his emotional support plane in the background, nothing to see here folks. Move along.
21Looks like a great opportunity to talk about your car's extended warranty!
10That does not look "fine", but I applaud the optimism.
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