Format Question...Is there a need for "All News" here In SD?

[davideduardo]

...was more important than the fascinating breaking news of this incredible once-in-a-lifetime story of an airliner ditching in the water without loss of life.

80% of water "ditches" result in no loss of life. It's not a once in a lifetime event, although the actions of the pilot are amazing and heroic... but that story did not come out as a breaking news event.

Where do you get this statistic? Are you applying this to large aircraft (airliners that seat more than 20) or to total aviation incidents?

You're not going to respond to this David? I'd really like to know where you get this statistic.

There is a website that tracks, by aircraft type, the accident and incident records all over the world. Following this incident, they had a comment on water ditcings (as opposed to planes that crashed into the water after so me other kind of failure) and stated that most did not occasion deaths. I am on a computer I travel with, so don't have the link but it's likely searchable under something like aircraft +incidents +type.

I don't know if they were including planes in commercial service only. The fact that water "emergency landings" of any kind are mostly survivable seemed to be the more interesting fact.

 

[RadeoEngineer]

...was more important than the fascinating breaking news of this incredible once-in-a-lifetime story of an airliner ditching in the water without loss of life.

Interesting. So when you have the time and the right resources, I'd still like to know what the link to this information is, since it was you that made the statement. As a Private Pilot, and having some knowledge that your statement is in conflict with what I believe to be more accurate regarding aircraft ditchings and resulting deaths, I would love to know the facts as you present them. I'm sure you'd like to follow up with a presentation of same.
80% of water "ditches" result in no loss of life. It's not a once in a lifetime event, although the actions of the pilot are amazing and heroic... but that story did not come out as a breaking news event.

Where do you get this statistic? Are you applying this to large aircraft (airliners that seat more than 20) or to total aviation incidents?

You're not going to respond to this David? I'd really like to know where you get this statistic.

There is a website that tracks, by aircraft type, the accident and incident records all over the world. Following this incident, they had a comment on water ditcings (as opposed to planes that crashed into the water after so me other kind of failure) and stated that most did not occasion deaths. I am on a computer I travel with, so don't have the link but it's likely searchable under something like aircraft +incidents +type.

I don't know if they were including planes in commercial service only. The fact that water "emergency landings" of any kind are mostly survivable seemed to be the more interesting fact.