Originally Posted by
Nightstop
The Checklist is titled:
EMER Landing ALL ENG FAILURE
It’s on the flip side of laminated cards which are located at the side of each pilot (the front side being the Normal checklists).
DITCHING on the left, FORCED LANDING on the right.
The DITCHING checklist states DITCHING Pb ON and LANDING GEAR UP, the FORCED LANDING checklist states SPLRS ARM and LANDING GEAR DOWN.
Honestly wonder if the gear being up was good fortune. Landing on a field with gear down increases the risk of fuel tank rupture if there are drainage ditches about, in this case with igniters probably off and no spilled fuel they added to their luck.
That gull looked surprised!