Now we know that a 738 can land just as safely in the water as an A320!
Irony or are you serious?
It broke in two, if it wasn't sitting on the reef it would probably have sunk to the bottom with half of the pax in it.
Might have broken in two because of the reef but we will never know.
But it sure is no proof that "a 738 can land just as safely in the water as an A320!"
At first she struggled to free herself and was bleeding heavily from her right leg, but eventually she got out.
She explained none of the rubber slides meant to open after a crash landing had done so. Passengers were forced to jump into the water and swim to safety.
I remember that on a 738 the aft doors should not be opened in case of ditching. So according to Boeing only overwing exits (which have no slides) and slides at fwd doors should be used.
Looking at the photo's the RH fwd door had a deployed slide, so much for eyewitness accounts...