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Let me let y'all in on a little secret...
Topic Started: May 19 2008, 06:10 AM (578 Views)
Luke's Dad
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jon-nyc
May 19 2008, 06:16 PM
Life rafts in airliners is a cruel, expensive joke, especially on the big jets.

Especially on flights over land...
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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The seat cushoin turns into a life presrver in the event of a water landing. That's cool. So if in the evnt of a water landing the seat cushion can turn into a life preserver why can't the plane turn into a fvckin' ship?

:angry:

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QuirtEvans
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dolmansaxlil
May 19 2008, 06:31 PM
Wait. There are life rafts on airplanes? Are you kidding me?

I wouldn't kid you.

[size=7]Federal Air Regulations (FARs) Pertaining to Life Rafts[/size]

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91.509  Survival equipment for overwater operations.

    (a) No person may takeoff an airplane for a flight over water more than 50 nautical miles from the nearest shore unless that airplane is equipped with a life preserver or an approved flotation means for each occupant of the airplane.

    (b) No person may takeoff an airplane for a flight over water more than 30 minutes flying time or 100 nautical miles from the nearest shore unless it has on board the following survival equipment:

        (1) A life preserver, equipped with an approved survivor locator light, for each occupant of the airplane.

        (2) Enough life rafts (each equipped with an approved survival locator light) of a rated capacity and buoyancy to accommodate the occupants of the airplane.

        (3) At least one pyrotechnic signaling device for each life raft.

        (4) One self-buoyant, water resistant, portable emergency radio signaling device that is capable of transmission on the appropriate emergency frequency or frequencies and not dependent upon the airplane power supply.

        (5) A lifeline stored in accordance with . 25.1411(g) of this chapter.

    © The required life rafts, life preservers, and signaling devices must be installed in conspicuously marked locations and easily accessible in the event of a ditching without appreciable time for preparatory procedures.

    (d) A survival kit, appropriately equipped for the route to be flown, must be attached to each required life raft.

    (e) As used in this section, the term shore means that area of the land adjacent to the water which is above the high water mark and excludes land areas which are intermittently under water.
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JBryan
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May 19 2008, 09:06 PM
The seat cushoin turns into a life presrver in the event of a water landing.  That's cool.  So if in the evnt of a water landing the seat cushion can turn into a life preserver why can't the plane turn into a fvckin' ship?

:angry:

I like that "in the unlikely event of a water landing". Unless that thing has pontoons on it any "landing" in the water is really a "crashing". That is one thing I found hysterical about the Chinese airlines. They didn't make any bones about and came right to the point. "In case we ditch the aircraft".
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All very well. But I didn't see personal shark repellent in there anywhere.
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