From: kozelsm@comcast.net   
      
   Poster@newsgroups.com wrote:   
   >   
   > Didn't know that:   
   >   
   > "The A320 also is equipped with a ditching button, which closes all valves   
   below   
   > the waterline, enabling it to float more easily."   
   >   
   > According to CNN.   
      
   I didn't know that either ... is it an urban legend?  After all, most   
   ditchings result in (at the minimum) cracks in the fuselage, which would   
   let in a lot more water than open valves.   
      
   Besides, "waterline" is a nautical term, not an aviation term (unless   
   talking about a flying boat, i.e. an aircraft that has a hull designed   
   to land on water).  That would exclude the A-320.   
      
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