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.

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.

They should've built the planes fuselage out of the same material that
Herring and Loogys, AND justwaitahates heads are made of.... Nothing
would get through, not even common sense.... It'd even be waterproof,
because Herring has his head up his ass all the time, and it never
gets wet...

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:48:20 -0500, 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.

Don't know about the water, but I heard that airplane had a "ditch
switch". The pilot hits it before a water ditch, and it seals the
undercarriage openings. I guess it makes sense, but it's a very rare
airplane crash that the plane remains in one piece.