[Abathar]

The first picture I saw of one of the dead passengers was a man floating in just his underwear, taken from a rescue chopper.

That means he had to have taken his clothes off, which means either he did it while seated before the crash or he made it to the surface and stripped for swimming.

That photo at least gave me hope they would fine some live survivors.

[MMaschin]

It's common for plane crash victims to be naked, or in their underwear, when the plane has broken at high altitude. When the victim is falling loose clothing is ripped off their body.

This is evidence that the plane broke apart at a high altitude.

[Mercat]

extreme trauma can result in clothes off. I read a book once about plane crashes and I seem to remember that most of the bodies were almost naked.

[God luvs America]

i saw that picture to and wondered, “why the hell is the guy wearing just his underwear?’....they said last night one theory on finding as many people as they did almost stripped naked was the plane broke apart in midair...

on a side note, i’m surprised they found any people in tact...if you’ve ever read any US military history from the Pacific in WWII they constantly talk about the shark infested waters in that area including the java sea and how soldiers stranded in the water were more afraid of sharks than drowning...

[Toespi]

Deceleration trauma.

[dmz]

I was looking for your sarcasm tag.

You’re in a plane going down and you strip down to your undies?

[Reddy]

I saw that horrible picture on drudge and I think it was a woman because it looked like a bra was pushed up towards the upper arms and over the face.