Det finnes jo et tilfelle av ditching, dog med et noe mere tragisk utfall som ligger oss i Skandinavia naermere:
A Scandinavian Airlines System, Douglas DC-8-62, LK-MOO, of Norwegian Registry, crashed in Santa Monica Bay, approximately 6 nautical miles west of the Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, at approximately 1921 P.s .t., January 13, 1969. The aircraft was operating as Flight SK-933 from Seattle, Washington, to Los Angeles, California, following a flight from Copenhagen, Denmark, A scheduled crew change occurred at Seattle for the flight to Los Angeles.
The accident occurred in the waters of Santa Monica Bay while the crew was attempting an instrument approach to Runway 07R at Los Angeles International Airport. Of the 45 persons aboard the aircraft, 3 passengers and 1 cabin attendant drowned; 9 passengers and 2 cabin attendants are missing and presumed dead; 11 passengers and 6 crewmembers including the captain, the second pilot, and the systems operator, were injured in varying degrees; and 13 passengers escaped without reported injury. The aircraft was destroyed by impact. The fuselage broke into three pieces, two of which sank in approximately 350 feet of water. The third section including the wings, the forward cabin and the cockpit, floated for about 20 hours before being towed into hallow water where it sank. This section was later recovered and removed from the water.
Fra thelede.blogs.nytimes.com (utsnitt)
