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Old 18th Jan 2009, 10:11
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Beausoleil
 
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As a passenger, I'm a religious reader of safety booklets and listener to briefings, but the details don't stick beyond the end of the flight. Still, sittiing in the comfort of my living room, it seems to me that "water landing" instruction I remember most is not to use the overwing exits rather than not to use the rear exists.

Either my memory is faulty (could well be) or perhaps it is type dependent? Comments I've read about planes being designed to float nose up suggest the rear doors should never be used in a water landing.

Just curious - not fussed since I'll be reading the booklet again next time.

Wonderful work and a wonderful result in NY this week and by the engineers who designed the plane. Congrats to all involved.
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