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Old Oct 6, 2018 | 3:45 am
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Originally Posted by Takiteasy
Would be interesting to know how many lives have potentially been saved by life jackets.

My most recent memory of an aircraft ditching on water is US1549 and watching the video of the rescue no one needed the life jackets.
you mean apart from the 1549 pax who jumped off the wing into the 5 degree water (and suffering cold water Emerson shock)?
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