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Ditching an aircraft is a realistic and serious emergency, even for flights over land, with many pilots underestimating the challenge and harboring dangerous myths about survival. The article debunks ...
Ditching is largely survivable (around 90% success rate) for prepared pilots, often proving safer than attempting to land on hazardous land, despite widespread misinformation and a lack of formal ...
Simply hoping an aircraft ditching will not happen to you is no way to prepare for a successful outcome. USAirways flight 1549 passengers on the right wing and in the slide/rafts await the arrival of ...
How skill and rigorous training helped pilots endure when ditching was the only option. David Kindy Today's aircraft can safely and routinely fly over large bodies of water, including the Atlantic ...
Airbus has updated de-icing checklists after a number of incidents in which aircraft have failed to pressurise after the ditching pushbutton was inadvertently left active prior to take-off. The ...