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Blog: Aircraft Float Posture and Ditching Considerations
Simply hoping an aircraft ditching will not happen to you is no way to prepare for a successful outcome.
USAirways flight 1549 passengers on the right wing and in the slide/rafts await the arrival of ferries.
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Dave Montgomery
July 5, 2022
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