Inside are human skulls, life vests from Japanese whalers, the proud figurehead of a galleon, brass cannons, rigging and sea-worn chains.
But stay away from "limited editions" like Beanie Babies and Titanic life vests.
The pilot also failed to conduct a safety briefing or mention that life vests were available on board, the report said.
Life vests add only 23 kilograms per flight, which means they are not a serious hindrance to fuel costs, he said.
Useful or not, life vests are a legal requirement on ocean-bound flights.
State law requires that children under 12 years old wear life vests at all time, unless they are in a fully enclosed cabin.
Smidt then called 911, and a dispatcher told pilot and passenger to get out of the plane in life vests before it sank.
It wasn't immediately clear how many passengers were wearing life vests.
Infant life vests will stay on board, and in case of an emergency landing on water, passengers will now rely solely on seat cushions as flotation devices.
They had put on life vests and inflated them before they could get out of the splintered fuselage, he said, and were trapped against the bulkheads as water filled the wreckage.
"And there was a ton of smoke just billowing out the back, and the dad went back in and picked up all the life vests and he was throwing the life vests at the kids and the people in the water, " Corradin said.
The Akron crashed off the community of Barnegat Light just a few hours after taking off from Lakehurst, killing 73 of the 76 men aboard, largely because the ship had no life vests and only one rubber raft, according to Navy records and the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society.
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