I was just reading an account that stated they felt that since jet fuel is lighter than water, some buoyancy was gained from the onboard fuel load.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f

----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT - No More Plane


John Francis wrote:

Yeah - that impressed me, too.   The darn thing floated four miles
downstream, and was snagged and tied up safely before it got to sink!

The Airbus craft apparently have a "close all external vents" emergency button in the cockpit, according to what I'm hearing at the moment.


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