Mayday
"I am getting more than a little tired of Fox News declaring that this was the "first" successful ditching of a commercial airliner."
I can't imagine why anyone would watch Faux News.
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The Southern Airways DC-9 that hit a hailstorm near Atlanta back in 1977 - the era of Boeing Tri-motors - told ATC they had lost both engines, and ATC replied understanding they had lost two of their engines, and continued working other traffic on the frequency.
Although within gliding distance of at least one airport, they landed on a rural road, hitting a corner grocery store, with some loss of life.
GB