Third Runway at Heathrow gets Go Ahead

[.Andy]

"Speedbird 682 heavy, request taxi to the gate."

"BA 682, just sink to the bottom of the Thames. Good day"

! Akonradi quick stupid plane question that I've given absolutely no thought to asking. How watertight is a plane? Assuming it is intact and sinks would it will up with water? Or would you have oxygen in there for a fair while?

 

[dmr727]

^^^ They're leaky, so the plane will eventually fill up. How long it'll take I couldn't tell you, but I'm pretty sure that it won't be like Airport '77 where you can wait around for awhile to be rescued.