and how do you know he didn’t try or any other specifics related to the crash such as being inverted.
You ever been inverted underwater straped in an aircraft seat......Curious
Amazing
I don’t. I didn’t even say saving any passenger was even possible. But saving them is what he’s supposed to do.
BTW, I went through the ditch, invert, escape in a dummy F-8 cockpit in the base pool at beautiful Beaufort MCAS when I was 9 years old.
In this type of situation you’re pretty busy...
CGA, you are right about the extreme difficulty of egress from a submerged aircraft.
This aviation survival school we attended instructs pilots in hopes that they may have a chance of living when they ditch.
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I worked offshore for a number of years and we flew to work in a chopper. As part of our training, we are strapped I to a mock up helicopter and submerged into water, and when the cabin fills, the cab is rotated upside down. We were trained that when the movement stops, to unbuckle, press out the window as they are removable and double as emergency egress, and swim to the surface. It’s a VERY disorienting experience and it would be all but impossible to save anyone but yourself in that situation.
Your nose and sinuses fill with water. The pressure fills your skull. You’re scared and cold. You’re pushing on a window that need about 70 pounds of force to dislodge. You can’t breathe or see and you’re frantically trying to exit the bird.
Im certified to do so. It sucks. Now imagine it happening in an environment that is not controlled and with no life guards present. I would bet anything there’s nothing the pilot could do, and I won’t judge him