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January 15th 09 11:31 PM

Hard/Soft Water

On Jan 15, 4:48*pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
Concerning the recent crash one of the TV commentators said that it was
better for the airplanes survivability that the water in the Hudson is cold
and not warm. *the reason he said is that cold water is *harder* than warm
water and made for better ditching conditions.

Any truth to this.

I have seen two pilots confirm this so far...

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