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		_trampeltier on April 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The unstallable plane that stalled "Many of the passengers survived the initial crash, but they had disregarded, did not understand, or did not hear Leul's warning not to inflate their life jackets inside the aircraft, causing them to be pushed against the ceiling of the fuselage by the inflated life jackets when water flooded in. Unable to escape, they drowned."

fallingknife on April 28, 2024 | [–]

That seems strange to me. Why would they not simply take off the life jacket and swim out?

Waterluvian on April 28, 2024 | | [–]

The inflatable ones are often designed to be impossible to remove… at least not easily. They inflate into a thing that’s kind of gently choking you.

Waterluvian on April 28, 2024 | [–]

Definitely far up the list on horrible ways to die.

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