Today I caught a promo for a movie out of the corner of my eye. Didn't catch the name but it involved a black man and a white woman who survive a plane crash way up top of a snow covered mountain.
Ok then, having said that, let me say this. When I worked in Dillingham, Alaska one of the required orientation classes was to take a survival class. The man who taught the class had lived in Alaska many decades and knew his stuff.
One of the sections was how to survive after a plane crash. General rule, always carry a couple large garbage bags neatly folded up and in your pockets. These can be used as a tarp or put on the legs to shelter from rain or snow, damn good tip.
One little item also came up. We were shown the black box. It ain't black, it is red, rectangular, weighs about five pounds. It begins to send out a signal if opened or after impact and will continue to signal for three months or so. The usual instruction is to stay with the plane.
However in the movies case the crash was on top of the mountain. And from the view of the hole out of the tail end is how they exited the aircraft. Now then, the black box in small aircraft is located in the tail. Yay, So now our survivors have to try to find the black box and IF they find it, they must carry it next to their body because if it freezes the signal will stop. Search and Rescue has a better chance to find you if the black box does not freeze.
Several years ago, when I worked in Barrow. One of the physicians was on rotation to go to Wainwright, it was easily reachable by snowmobile. He took off in a bit of a blizzard. The blizzard got much worse. He had a locator with him and triggered at a small camp. Unfortunately he kept moving around.
Search and Rescue could not take off until the blizzard died down. The signal stopped at one point it was clear that the locator had frozen. Search and Rescue went to look and could not find him. They searched for several days. He was never found. His snowmobile washed up on the beach the next summer.
Ok then, having said that, let me say this. When I worked in Dillingham, Alaska one of the required orientation classes was to take a survival class. The man who taught the class had lived in Alaska many decades and knew his stuff.
One of the sections was how to survive after a plane crash. General rule, always carry a couple large garbage bags neatly folded up and in your pockets. These can be used as a tarp or put on the legs to shelter from rain or snow, damn good tip.
One little item also came up. We were shown the black box. It ain't black, it is red, rectangular, weighs about five pounds. It begins to send out a signal if opened or after impact and will continue to signal for three months or so. The usual instruction is to stay with the plane.
However in the movies case the crash was on top of the mountain. And from the view of the hole out of the tail end is how they exited the aircraft. Now then, the black box in small aircraft is located in the tail. Yay, So now our survivors have to try to find the black box and IF they find it, they must carry it next to their body because if it freezes the signal will stop. Search and Rescue has a better chance to find you if the black box does not freeze.
Several years ago, when I worked in Barrow. One of the physicians was on rotation to go to Wainwright, it was easily reachable by snowmobile. He took off in a bit of a blizzard. The blizzard got much worse. He had a locator with him and triggered at a small camp. Unfortunately he kept moving around.
Search and Rescue could not take off until the blizzard died down. The signal stopped at one point it was clear that the locator had frozen. Search and Rescue went to look and could not find him. They searched for several days. He was never found. His snowmobile washed up on the beach the next summer.
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