I remember a Flying Tiger?? COnnie successfully ditching. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfred Saitz" <msaitz@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:34 PM Subject: Airliner ditching (Was: Tunisian ATR ditches off Sicily, 9 dead, many survivors) > Hi Gerry, > > I did a short search on google, and found the following on airsafe.net: > > cut--- > Jet Airliner Ditching Events > > While many jet airliners have either crashed into water or ran off runways > into water, very few jet airliners have been involved in an intentional > ditching. In this kind of event, the flight crew intentionally lands the > aircraft in water. An intentional ditching is defined here as a case where > the flight crew makes a deliberate decision to land the aircraft in some > body of water. This definition excludes cases such as runway overruns into > water, accidental controlled flight into water, or cases where the crew is > unable to control the aircraft's descent. All of the following events > involved fuel exhaustion. > > October 1963; Aeroflot Tu124; Leningrad, USSR: According to a report in > Flight International Magazine the aircraft was on a flight from Estonia to > Moscow when a landing gear problem led to a diversion to Leningrad. While > holding prior to landing and about 13 miles (20.8 km) from Leningrad > airport, the aircraft ran out of fuel. The crew managed to land the > aircraft on the nearby Neva River, where it remained floating on the > surface. The aircraft was towed to shore and all 52 occupants survived. > > 2 May 1970; ALM DC9-33CF; near St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: The > aircraft had departed JFK airport in New York for St. Maarten in the > Netherlands Antilles. After three missed approaches, the crew diverted to > St. Croix. While en route, the aircraft ran out of fuel and the crew > ditched the aircraft. While the flight crew made specific preparations for > ditching, the imminent ditching was not communicated to the cabin crew. As > a result, several occupants were not belted in at the time of the > ditching. The aircraft remained afloat for five to six minutes before > sinking in waters about one mile (1600 meters) deep. One of the six crew > members and 22 of the 57 passengers were killed. The accident was > investigated by the NTSB and the details are available in NTSB report > NTSB-AAR-71-8 dated 31 March 1971. > > 23 November 1996; Ethiopian Airlines 767-200ER; near Moroni, Comoros > Islands: The aircraft was on a flight from Ethiopia to Kenya when it was > hijacked by at least two people. While attempting a landing near Moroni in > the Comoros Islands the aircraft ran out of fuel and ditched near a beach. > Ten of the 12 crew members and 117 of the 160 passengers were killed. The > three hijackers apparently died. > An analysis of a video of the ditching reveals the following information. > > Speed: The aircraft was traveling in excess of 130 knots (150 mph, 244 > km/h) as the aircraft first touched water. > > Crash Sequence: The aircraft initially dragged the left wing tip in the > water, followed by the left engine. The left engine apparently broke up, > and the increased drag caused the aircraft to swing to the left. The right > wing and engine stayed out of the water as the aircraft continued to swing > to the left. The fuselage broke somewhere aft of the wing, causing a > number of objects to be ejected forward as the remains of the aircraft > came to rest. > > Flight Control Surfaces: As the aircraft touched down, it did not appear > that any of the leading or trailing edge flaps were extended. As the > aircraft made its initial water entry, there appeared to be movement of > spoiler panels on the left wing and rudder movement as well. The right > wing was flexing, but there did not appear to be movement of any flight > control surfaces. > > http://www.equipped.com/ditchbib.htm > --- > > The internet is a bonanza! > > brgds, > Manfred > >>