Originally Posted by
43Inches
It seemed pretty stable in the water for something afloat. Also i'm not sure much air could be trapped in the tail to keep 2 tons of metal floating.
With a MTOW of 3379kg (wiki), the sea water you have to displace for it to float is only 3.3 cubic metres. That seems possible from all that is already submerged even if the cabin was partly flooded up when crew got out. With a pressurised cabin, if weather stays calm, it might even stay afloat. Did it?