"John R Weiss" wrote in message
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Slowly, via water intake through the outflow valves that are normally open
at/near landing altitude. Depending on how far submerged the fuselage is,
the negative pressure relief valves in the cargo doors could also let in
water.


In the film, it went down rather quickly, less than 30 seconds as I recall,
and the carpet didn't even get damp.