It’s been awhile since I’ve flown but don’t they give you instructions on what to do if they plane lands on water?
Has this ever happened? I don’t mean a crash where there were no survivors but an attempted landing where the aircraft survived essentially in one piece. I don’t recall this ever happening.
Surprisingly, there have been a few.
Ethiopian flight 961 (mentioned in the above link) is worth mentioning because a lot of people drowned when they did not follow instructions. They inflated their life vests while still inside the plane, which caused them to get trapped inside and drown.
A bit off topic, since it’s military, but here’s a story that’s pretty much legend in my community.
Wow. That Aeroflot 1963 story is especially good.