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*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,  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

*Aeroflot Tupolev 124, October, 1963, Neva river, 52 occupants, 52 survivors, 100% survival rate  

*Aeroflot Tupolev 124, October, 1963, Neva river, 52 occupants, 52 survivors, 100% 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 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])

   

   

*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

*Northwest Orient Airlines Flt. 2, Boeing Stratocruiser, April 2, 1956, ditched in the 430 feet Puget Sound, 38 passengers, all survived the ditching but 5 could not recover the freezing waters, 87% survival rate.  

*Northwest Orient Airlines Flt. 2, Boeing Stratocruiser, April 2, 1956, ditched in the 430 feet Puget Sound, 38 passengers, all survived the ditching but 5 could not recover the freezing waters, 87% survival rate.

*Pan Am Flt. 6 Boeing Stratocruiser "Sovereign of the Skies", October 16, 1956, in the Pacific between Honolulu and San Francisco, 30 passengers and crew, 30 survivors, 100% survival rate.

*Pan Am Flt. 6 Boeing Stratocruiser "Sovereign of the Skies", October 16, 1956, in the Pacific between Honolulu and San Francisco, 30 passengers and crew, 30 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!  

*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!

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

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==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Korean Airlines Flight 007]]

*[[Korean Airlines Flight 007]]

[[Category:Aviation]]

[[Category:Aviation]]

==External Links==

==External links==

*The website of the International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors [http://www.rescue007.org/]

*The website of the International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors [http://www.rescue007.org/]

*Description of actual emergencey preparations for a double (over sea and over land) ditching [http://www.rescue007.org/dixon.htm]

*Description of actual emergencey preparations for a double (over sea and over land) ditching [http://www.rescue007.org/dixon.htm]