How to survive if your plane crashes
Posted on July 7th, 2009 – 8:20 AMBy Elizabeth Larsen
Prompted by the crash of a Yemeni airline plane off the Comoros Islands, in which a teenaged girl was the lone survivor, Slate has compiled a fascinating list of tips for how to stay alive if you find yourself floating in the ocean amidst the wreckage. Among the suggestions: don’t swim (it depletes your energy sources and body heat) and “abstaining from bodily discharge” to avoid attracting sharks.
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Elizabeth Larsen lived in Salzburg, Austria, and has traveled throughout Europe and the Americas. She can say "diaper," "bottle" and "crib" in four languages.
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