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29th March 2012 | 20:41

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Ollie Onion

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From: Dark Side of the Moon

Surely the fuel kept it afloat, not long after departure the wings would have had a significant amount of fuel in them. Fuel is not as dense as water so in effect you have two massive floatation devices keeping the rest of the aircraft above water.

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