To the discussion about ditching history (for what little its worth)
I'm sure that
IGH will add a page or two here, but my initial coments are:
From a CRM standpoint even ditchings on the ground are worth considering since a lot of decision making needs to go on. Just listening to the CVR's tells you that.
So just some more examples from my dim memory are
The UAL DC8 fuel startvation at PDX
Avianca fuel starvation at JFK
B737 fuel starvation over Brazil
SK MD80 Multiple engine out ARN
Austrian Fokker Multiple engine out due to ice
ET B37 Dual Bird Ingestion Ethiopia
I didn't include the JAL DC8 at SFO simply because I don't believe that they knew that they were ditching in the bay.