Originally Posted by spotwelder

What they are not very keen to advertise, or even think about I suspect, is the runway overrun case into water. This is a relatively low speed ditching case. Imagine the gear shearing off and puncturing the fuel tanks during a rejected take off.

Everybody out.

Into a pool of kerosene. Density 0.8. People density 0.9something. You start to sink in the kerosene layer... Not sure I need to go on, but the additional bouyance offered by the lifejacket might be critical.

Nice to know that the airport operators are required to carry enough liferafts for half the people on the aircraft.

Just a thought.

Spottie.