Thief: The ocean will break our fall!
Red Mage: And all our bones. Hitting water at this speed will be like hitting the ground.
Red Mage: And all our bones. Hitting water at this speed will be like hitting the ground.
"I had the expectation that many people would have; that, you know, if you crash into water, water is more forgiving. But the reality is that it is like crashing into concrete. Basically, the nose hits and it stops, and within that quarter, half second, the rest of the plane would've arrived there. It's impossible to survive something like that."
— Stephen Kimber, explaining why, particularly at the speeds Swissair Flight 111 reached, this is not Truth in Television, Disasters of the Century, "Swiss Air Crash"
"It hurt to hit, far more than he’d expected from something soft like water."
— Kaladin in Rhythm of War
"How to get down... the pond!"
— Fenyx, Immortals Fenyx Rising
Producer Guy: Oh so that's why they fall from hundreds of feet into a swimming pool - wouldn't that also be deadly, though?
Screenwriter Guy: You'd think so, because of how things work, but no, anyone who falls into the pool is perfectly fine.
Producer Guy: Oh, well great!
Screenwriter Guy: You'd think so, because of how things work, but no, anyone who falls into the pool is perfectly fine.
Producer Guy: Oh, well great!
