My experience was being 'dunked in the oggin' 41 miles South of the Equator, in true tradition! The word 'ditching' can sometimes be loosely used, the intention of a ditching as all you FLIGHT DECK guys know is an intentional forced landing in the sea/river/lake etc. My incident occurred whilst I was a passenger in a 4 engine piston job which 'landed' in the sea in a tropical storm 1.5 miles short of the runway. Apart from 3 terrific bangs/crashes and 3 of the 4 engines being ripped off plus undercarriage the first we passengers knew about it was when the AQM opened the exit door and water rushed in. How about that for a surprise in pitch darkness, want to read about it click on to <WWW> above, it is something I wouldn't recommend, sharks, engine oil, fuel in the sea, it had more drama than you can imagine.......