Dreambuster, where ever did you get this gem:
Couldn't they have at least mentioned the only other successful airline ditching in history?
Airliners have quite regularly ditched. The vast majority have seen the structure successfully absorb the impact and remain intact. People regard the Ethiopian crash ditching as tyhe norm for some reason. It dug a wingtip in causing the crash- the Captain being beaten up whilst trying to ditch being the cause of why it happened. Your statement was quite incorrect.