Remember kids, according to an FAA review of accidents, no type of water ditching has lower than an eighty percent survivability rating. So putting it in the drink is always an option.
I’m pretty sure survival chances are a lot lower than 80% when the water is freezing, and they’re far from rescue.
I think they’re saying you’ll survive the landing. What happens after is more variable
Surprisingly, no. They counted deaths from exposure, drowning, etc as fatalities in this study: https://www.aviationsafetymagazine.com/features/the-myths-of-ditching/
This is just a review of NTSB data and some ditchings may have gone unreported. The main point is that ditching, even in the open ocean is very survivable.
Not really sure what “water ditching” means but I assume that’s any time the airplane ends up in the water instead of on land?
If that’s a case, then there’s definitely the type of water ditching where the plane angles into the water at full speed, and I don’t think that’s gonna have 80%
I think ditching implies some control over the aircraft, versus straight crashing.
It’s the empennage in the background that really makes it.
That does not look “fine”, but I applaud the optimism.
Why is there an airplane in the water?
There were multiple videos covering this plane crash, here is one:
Cessna Engine Failure and Ditching in Ocean, Filmed From Inside (HD)
Seaplane
He’s actually Andrew Ryan’s son.
