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![]() "John T" wrote in message m... "John Clear" wrote in message There is surviving the ditching, and surviving the swim in Lake Michigan. In the context of this discussion, I'd count failing the second part as a failed ditching. I agree and that would have been reflected in the stats quoted in the link. Did you read just the stats? The author states, "Still, as the overall record shows, pilots somehow muddle through anyway. This is certainly due in part to the fact that the majority of ditchings--86 percent, to be exact--occur in what we call 'coastal and inshore water,' along an ocean beach, in a sheltered bay not far from land or even a lake, a river, a pond or a canal. Many of these ditching sites are within sight of land or boats and the egressing pilots and crew are able to swim to shore or are quickly picked up by helpful yachtsman." A ditching in the middle of Lake Michigan would be in the remaining 14 percent. |
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