Did anyone else go "huh? Wha?" at "crashed into the lake and burst into flames almost immediately" ...
yeah, I had to do DWEST (water survival training) including the Dilbert dunker and the helo dunker every year ... but the potential of hitting the water at 2-300 knots with 12,000 lbs of JP-5 compared to a kitfox bursting into flame after "wobbling a bit and impacting the water" (my paraphrase) just doesn't seem close enough for me to even consider post-crash fire as a probability. But, apparently it was, and is.Can happen, burning water was one of the swimming exercises one had to master in Navy swim training.
Did anyone else go "huh? Wha?" at "crashed into the lake and burst into flames almost immediately" ...
Did anyone else go "huh? Wha?" at "crashed into the lake and burst into flames almost immediately" ...
Can happen, burning water was one of the swimming exercises one had to master in Navy swim training.
obviously more than "could" ... "did!" and I'm not arguing that it did or didn't burn ... just struck me as odd that I fail to think about the possibility of a post crash fire combined with a ditching. I was pointing out my flawed thought process.Gas is lighter than water, it floats on top. So the impact could rupture a tank, there could be a spark or some other source of ignition and there could be fire
I don’t think there is much room to argue seeing as how it’s in the lake burned to a crisp.obviously more than "could" ... "did!" and I'm not arguing that it did or didn't burn ... just struck me as odd that I fail to think about the possibility of a post crash fire combined with a ditching. I was pointing out my flawed thought process.
This does sound more like an uncontrolled crash than a controlled ditching - of course we all know how accurate eye witnesses are in describing these kind of events.
Gas is lighter than water. So the impact could rupture a tank, there could be a spark or some other source of ignition and there could be fire
obviously more than "could" ... "did!" and I'm not arguing that it did or didn't burn ... just struck me as odd that I fail to think about the possibility of a post crash fire combined with a ditching. I was pointing out my flawed thought process.
This does sound more like an uncontrolled crash than a controlled ditching - of course we all know how accurate eye witnesses are in describing these kind of events.