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Water landing
An aircraft landing intentionally on a body of water / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Landing (water transport) or Splashdown (disambiguation).
"Ditching" redirects here. For the intentional absence from school, see Truancy.
In aviation, a water landing is, in the broadest sense, an aircraft landing on a body of water. Seaplanes, such as floatplanes and flying boats, land on water as a normal operation. Ditching[1] is a controlled emergency landing on the water surface in an aircraft not designed for the purpose, a very rare occurrence.[2] Controlled flight into the surface and uncontrolled flight ending in a body of water (including a runway excursion into water) are generally not considered water landings or ditching.[3]
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