Thanks for the reply, it is reassuring to know that it has worked in practice, hats off to the crew for pulling it off.
I suppose the critical part is whether the a/c will remain intact on contact at what may be a very high touchdown speed.
I also guess the prevailing sea state may well be one of the most critical factors.
Difficult to imagine circumstances that would compel a crew to resort to ditching with modern aviation being what it is.
Given that the incidence of ditching must be phenomenally small it is not difficult to see why almost no passengers dress for survival in this eventuality & subsequently succumb to exposure whilst waiting for rescue at what may be considerable distances from land based SAR assets-not sure that any amount of advice would convince most Pax to take the risk seriously enough to consider having any contingency clothing to hand.
Great to see though that the airline companies take the possibility VERY seriously despite the apparent rarity of this type of incidence.
Thanks for the feedback...Zap
