Exactly right. Forgot to include that under my Luck (with a capital L) comments. It's sort of like weather. We can't control that aspect. We actually train at the airline for ditching, but it's generally assumed that from a pure odds standpoint it will be over the Ocean and begin at high altitude giving enough time to get the best ditch heading which is computed the Sea Rescue Center (or some name close to that, whoever those guys are. Probably the Coast Guard or Navy) involving a combination of wind direction and swell direction. (Which differ) Generally, a ditching would be the result of no fuel or a volcanic ash encounter as typical causes of loss of all engines. Some time back an airplane developed a leak enroute over the ocean, for example, but made it to the destination. It was much closer to a ditching than anyone would have preferred.
Jim B.
From: medicbill@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group St. Augustine forced landing
It also helped that it was a flat water river as opposed to a wavy choppy ocean where it may not have turned out as well.
Bill
Bill
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