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To: Peter Horry

I hope there is a credible response to the question:

“Why did we see so many folks standing on the wings and not wearing life jackets?”


4 posted on 06/09/2009 8:18:17 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Socialism - facism is inconsistent with the Constitution and is one of the "domestic enemies".)
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To: frog in a pot
“Why did we see so many folks standing on the wings and not wearing life jackets?”

Your seat cushion is your flotation device. It's up to the individual passenger to take it with him.

6 posted on 06/09/2009 8:21:29 AM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: frog in a pot
There was not a whole lot of time between the bird strike, the decision to land on the Hudson and landing on the Hudson. The flight crew barely had time to get people into any kind of crash position and strap themselves in.

Watch this animation, with the cockpit voiceover.

Flight 1549 Animation.

7 posted on 06/09/2009 8:25:16 AM PDT by Pistolshot (The Soap-box, The Ballot-box, The Jury-box, And The Cartridge-Box ...we are past 2 of them.)
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To: frog in a pot
"Why did we see so many folks standing on the wings and not wearing life jackets?”"

Where would they get life jackets?

9 posted on 06/09/2009 8:37:02 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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