Originally Posted by
bafanguy
I know almost nothing about float planes. But, from the pic above it had floats. I assume no CVR or FDR ?
So if they ran into trouble keeping the thing airborne, couldn't they land on water rather than crashing ? At this point nothing is known.
I think I've heard that float planes aren't supposed land in open ocean but under the circumstances would such a thing have been possible ?
The floats were removed. Too much drag on the ferry flight.