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To: Joseph Beltran who wrote (45120)	4/5/2001 2:29:45 PM
From: Alan Gallaspy	Read Replies (1) of 70976

OT Planes landing on water. I heard some place that the flaps of the plane were damaged thus preventing slow enough flying to ditch in the water. I would imagine getting out of a plane in the water is tough under any circumstances, much less after smacking in at about 100 mph. I once saw a 4 seater Cessna pontoon plane flip over taking off, and if there had not been a boat getting to them within about 2 minutes two people would have drowned, they were in no shape to get themselves out. Has anyone had occasion to abandon plane after ditching who can shed some light of the survivability of such incidents? How does the # of exits in a EP-3 divided by 24 times average per person exit time compare to how long does an EP-3 float? I know they are all trained in emergency procedures, but likely some of those sailors would have drowned.

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