Originally Posted by
RatherBeFlying
I eagerly await enlightenment from your knowledgeable explanation.
That canal is along Collier boulevard and has many bridges to residential neighborhoods East of there.
Even if you’d manage to avoid the bridges it’s not wide enough to accommodate a Challenger meaning the wings would be ripped off and the fuselage likely ending submerged or even worse inverted and submerged.
None of the man made lakes there are big enough for a successful ditching and mostly surrounded by homes and other obstacles.
Best option would likely have been the center median but it looks from the video they didn’t have enough time to maneuver.
There is also an overpass maybe half a mile from the crash site.