Would being suspended in water mitigate the impact of falling into water?

Question

I just saw a video of trout being dropped from an airplane to stock mountain lakes.

So I was thinking, if I was suspended in water (let’s say I was in the middle of a 4m di. water balloon), and I was dropped from an airplane (let’s say 50m above the water), would being suspended in water help ease the impact of hitting the water? Or would it be more like a water balloon hitting concrete?

In: Physics

Answer 1

As always, there is an [XKCD](https://what-if.xkcd.com/12/) for this. About halfway down, it discusses how you would be crushed to death if you fell inside a giant globe of water.