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Old 17th January 2009 | 12:27
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bakerpictures
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I'm interested in what the NTSC will be able to do with the aircraft after she's been salvaged and taken to safe storage?

Might I assume the airframe has been filled with fresh rather than salty water which can be pumped out and then dried? And could it be possible (and necessary?) to power it up once again to determine the sequence of events prior to the ditching and subsequent flooding?

This incident must a rare one for airframe specialists: A fully intact aircraft with unprecedented water stress data available which Airbus and possibly Boeing would want to get their hands on.

Insights welcome!
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