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blake murphy[_2_]

On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 23:27:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> On Apr 5, 6:05*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
>> Dimitri > wrote:
>>>Large commercial planes are simply not designed for "Water Landings" *yes
>>
>> Not true. *They all have water landing procedures, which include
>> closing off vents on the bottom side of the airplane and
>> landing at a certain angle (generally nose-up).
>>
>> I really doubt they would certify an airliner that couldn't
>> at least nominally be expected to land in water, as well
>> as perform a dead-stick landing on land.
>>
>
> "Landing" is a euphemism. If the plane is going to sink after the
> "landing", then it wasn't truly a landing. It was ditched or crashed.
> It just happened to do so gently enough that people survived and had
> time to exit the plane.
>
> Sully successfully ditched the plane without loss of life. He didn't
> actually land it, since the plane cannot stay afloat.

i'd say it was close enough.

your pal,
blake