Originally Posted by
blind pew
Flying that sort of kit, unless it was through chequebook rather than ability, I would put money on judgement rather than luck.
Sorry, but seeing just how close he came to some of the people in the water this looks like "way-beyond-judgement close" to me. He obvioulsy is an excellent pilot but I doubt that he ever deadsticked that aircraft type into the sea, so what experience would his judgement be based on? Ditching just 20 metres further offshore would have been good judgement also...