Quite right, the engine doesn't know it's over water but sometimes they do stop! Therefore you need to read up on water "landing" technique and be dressed to survive. That includes a lifelacket and a dingy is a good idea. However, now I have mentioned a dingy, a number of people will tell you how difficult it is to get the dingy out of the aeroplane, and not to bother with one! They are right : it would be difficult but I always fly with one for long over water trips, and if the sea temperature is less than 16c I will always wear an immersion suit.
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