Can a Passenger Plane emergency land in water?

Whilst travelling on an aircraft, you may have read the safety booklets that tell you about the emergency procedures in a situation where the plane may have to land on water.





Are the safety rules there just to comfort the passengers, that the plane can successfully make a water landing?





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Can a Passenger Plane actually land on water?|||The answers are: yes, yes and yes. You already know about the US Airways Airbus A320 landing in the Hudson River after being aloft for only 3 minutes. It's called ditching as someone already mentioned.





A problem with a jet transport ditching are the huge engines hanging down as someone also mentioned. This was a big problem for the Ethiopian Airlines flight 961 that was hijacked in 1996. The captain went to ditch in shallow waters near a beach of Grand Comoro Island when the B-767's left engine caught a coral reef. This swung the aircraft around and caused the aircraft to break apart.





Aircraft that are meant to land on and take off from water are called sea planes, floatplanes or amphibians and are equipped with floats or pontoons. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaplane


When these aircraft land on water, they are not ditching, they are landing or alighting.|||You're welcome!! :)

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|||Capt. Sullenberger seems to think it can be done. And since he actually pulled one of these out of his hat I see no reason to dispute it.


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Are the safety rules there just to comfort the passengers, that the plane can successfully make a water landing? -





Obviously not; because they saved the lives of everybody on Flt#1549


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If you are aware of Flt#1549 why even ask the question - you already had your answer and now you are reaming us out because we are aware of it too. PUZZLING; VERY PUZZLING.|||For over a month, new articles concerning US Airways Flight 1549 were front page news. Don't you remember this event?


Of course they can.


Where were you last year?


Google Flight 1549.


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Why ask the question when you know the answer? Then cop an attitude when we answer your question?


Again, a passenger plane can actually land on the water. Again, latest example is Flight 1549. What more do you want?|||Yes, a jetliner can make an emergency landing on water which is often called "ditching". Such an example is the jetliner that landed in the hudson last year. Jetliners always do not always make successful landings on water. In fact, most times, the jetliner will flip forward while landing on water|||Sure.





The problem nowadays is the fact that the very large high-bypass turbofans hang down below the wings, touch the water first, and can rip the plane apart. Back in the old days the plane's fuselage (e.g. DC-9, 727) would touch the water first and the "landing" was a relatively controlled affair.|||It actually has already been succeeded landing on water.


It was flight 1549 where every passenger lived.


They are doing a biography on the pilot called, "Brace For Impact."|||it is extremely hard to land safely in water, and require luck


but it can happen, like the hudson river incident


but remember, planes are the safest way of travel.





so the booklets will be there to comfort, but have some use|||No they can, its just very risky, it depends on the shape of the plane man, cuz some hav engines hanging down which arent good, but some can do it alright, but land is safer|||We're pretty close to the one year anniversary of when a jetliner did land on water and no one died. So to answer your question I'll ask a question - Do you read the news? At least the headlines?|||Captain Sully did an emergency landing about a year ago on the Hudson River.|||What do you mean "successfully"????


It has been done, when there's no other choice, - with varying results.


Better to know those rules than not if it happens.