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Search for 239 missing passengers and crew Malaysia Airlines Airbus (flight 370), which disappeared somewhere near The coast of Southeast Asia on March 8, is still ongoing. Detailed information about the Boeing 777-200ER course and its subsequent extinction is very small. However joining the search for the missing people volunteers, authorities and military personnel from several countries with using satellite imagery scanning leaves no hope of finding surviving people. Assuming the plane crashed over by the ocean, then how long can survivors in the open ocean people?
For people who have an accident over the open expanses of the ocean, the first priority is to survive the crash itself. IN in this case, according to the National Transport Council security (NTSB), the chances of survival are quite high. More than 95 % of aircraft passengers in such a plane crash can survive. Experts note that there are a number of conditions that affect the chances survival, such as wearing appropriate shoes and clothes. If shoes and clothes are comfortable for movement – the chances are substantial increase. In addition, studies have shown that in people placed in the cabin behind the wing of the aircraft, according to statistics by 40% more likely to survive than passengers in its front end. The most Seating in a row is considered safe near the exit from the plane. The first 90 seconds after the accident are most important – if you can stay calm and fast to respond to what is happening, your chances of survival are very high. Many passengers in a state of panic often do not even able to unfasten their seat belts, therefore their chances of survival are very small. Survivors automatically face a number of other problems. Namely: how to hold out in the water. It’s great if it’s on hand life raft! Liferaft significantly increases the chances human survival, it allows you not to drown from fatigue or hypothermia, and also protects against shark attacks. Minus the raft is that it attracts the attention of fish and birds.
What if there is no raft? Unfortunately, not all airlines in accident cases provide for each passenger rescue raft. Some are limited to life jackets. In that cases it is necessary to save energy, not to panic, to stay with the rest survived and wait for the rescuers.
Even those people who were lucky enough to be saved and accommodated on a liferaft, have to face serious problems, in particular, with dehydration and hunger. To survive, the human body is in dire need of water. If there is no water, full dehydration occurs after about a week. However jose El Salvador lasted in the open ocean for about 13 months. is he claims to have survived during his 8,000 km journey from Mexico due to the fact that periodically drank the blood of turtles and rain water. Jose ate fish and birds that he caught with bare hands. Experts say that most turtles, birds and fish can be safely eaten raw, as their meat is extremely rarely toxic.
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