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Nine intentional passenger (cargo) airliner ditchings have been documented. These figures are for intentional water ditchings, usually as a result of in-flight fuel depletion, rather than an accidental overshoot of landing runway into a body of water.  The following figures show survival rates for passengers and crew:

Nine intentional passenger and cargo airliner ditchings have been documented. These figures are for intentional water ditchings, usually as a result of in-flight fuel depletion, rather than an accidental overshoot of landing runway into a body of water.  The following figures show survival rates for passengers and crew:

*US Airways Flight 1549, Airbus A320, New York City to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, 15 January 2009, made a controlled safe water ditch into the Hudson River after losing both engines due to running into a flock of birds at about 3000 feet altitude three minutes into the flight after a normal takeoff from LaGuardia Airport; 155 passengers and crew made an orderly evacuation as a NYC fireboat towed the floating aircraft with passengers standing on the wing, 100% survival rate (video of water landing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYV8C-3qPGI&NR=1])

*[[US Airways Flight 1549]], an Airbus A320, New York City to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, 15 January 2009, made a controlled safe water ditch into the Hudson River after losing both engines due to running into a flock of birds at about 3000 feet altitude three minutes into the flight after a normal takeoff from LaGuardia Airport; 155 passengers and crew made an orderly evacuation as a NYC fireboat towed the floating aircraft with passengers standing on the wing, 100% survival rate (video of water landing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYV8C-3qPGI&NR=1])

*Tuninter Air, Flt. 1153, August 6, 2005, of the coast of Sicily, 39 occupants, 23 survivors, 59% survival rate  

*Tuninter Air, Flt. 1153, August 6, 2005, of the coast of Sicily, 39 occupants, 23 survivors, 59% survival rate  

*ALM DC9, May 2, 1970, the Caribbean, 63 occupants, 40 survivors, 63% survival rate  

*ALM DC9, May 2, 1970, the Caribbean, 63 occupants, 40 survivors, 63% survival rate  

*Ethiopian Air Lines 767, November 23, 1996, off the Comoros Islands, 175 occupants, 45 survivors, 26% survival rate (video of actual landing on water and reenactment by Captain and First Officer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob8nE4f2ZWc&feature=related])

*[[Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 961]], a [[Boeing 767]], ditched off the Comoros Islands on November 23, 1996. Of the 175 occupants 45 survived, for a 26% survival rate. (video of actual landing on water and reenactment by Captain and First Officer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob8nE4f2ZWc&feature=related])

   

   

*Miami Air Lease Convair CV-340, December 4, 2004, Mall lake, Florida, 2 occupants, 2 survivors, 100% survival rate  

*Miami Air Lease Convair CV-340, December 4, 2004, Mall lake, Florida, 2 occupants, 2 survivors, 100% survival rate  

* Sept. 28, 1962, Flying Tiger's Super H Constellation passenger aircraft with a crew of 8 and 68  U.S. military (paratrooper) passengers ditched in the North Atlantic about 500 miles west of Shannon, Ireland after loosing three engines on a flight to Frankfurt, Germany.  45 of the passengers and 3 crew were rescued, with 23 passengers and 5 crew members being lost in the storm-swept seas.  All passengers successfully evacuated the airplane. Those who were lost succumbed in the rough seas.

* Sept. 28, 1962, Flying Tiger's Super H Constellation passenger aircraft with a crew of 8 and 68  U.S. military (paratrooper) passengers ditched in the North Atlantic about 500 miles west of Shannon, Ireland after loosing three engines on a flight to Frankfurt, Germany.  45 of the passengers and 3 crew were rescued, with 23 passengers and 5 crew members being lost in the storm-swept seas.  All passengers successfully evacuated the airplane. Those who were lost succumbed in the rough seas.

*Though not a passenger plane, still relevant - Columbian AF C 130 Hercules, October 1982, en route between the Azores and Bermuda stayed afloat for 2 days!

* Columbian AF C 130 Hercules, October 1982, en route between the Azores and Bermuda stayed afloat for 2 days

The average rate of survival for all the passenger planes listed above is 77%. Until now, there has never been an instance of a passenger plane water ditching in which there have not been any survivors

The average rate of survival for all the passenger planes listed above is 77%. Until now, there has never been an instance of a passenger plane water ditching in which there have not been any survivors.