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A HIGH‐SPEED HYDROPLANE ACCIDENT
Author(s) -
FLAHERTY GERARD N.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb140349.x
Subject(s) - accident (philosophy) , head (geology) , forensic engineering , skull , engineering , aeronautics , environmental science , geology , philosophy , paleontology , epistemology
This report records the investigation into a highspeed hydroplane accident in which the driver died. He was ejected head first into the water at 117 to 126 ft/sec (80 to 85 mph), suffering brain damage and a fractured skull. Suggestions are made to minimize the effects of these inevitable crashes.