Originally Posted by
mike757007
Question ? Assuming the aircraft flew on without human input until it ran out of fuel. When it hit the sea, would the aircraft fuselage stay intact, or would it disintegrate creating lots of surface wreckage ?
I would expect lots of surface wreckage.
Even if “Sully” Sullenberger tried to land a B777 at night on ocean swells I would expect lots of surface wreckage.