I remember a ditching of a Pan AM flight from Honolulu to either LAX or SFO it was probably a dc 6 or 7 and they had to ditch because I think 2 of the engines died on them but they were in luck as the coast guard had a weather ship in the area and they ditched near the coast guard ship (I remember because I think they made a movie out of it or it was one of those You were there new segments