May 2ened News Today

1549 into the water. but not all ditchings go that smoothly. some run into a perfect storm of problems. imagine a pilot ends up over the caribbean sea, out of fuel, out of options and soon into the option. thats the tragic story of alm flight 980. but what went so wrong? may 2ened, 1970 in a partnership between two now defunct charter airlines, dutch carrier alm and american carrier overseas national airlines, alm flight 980 is set to leave jfks airport at 11:00 a.m. >> it was a beautiful spring...

May 2ened, is the 70, bad weatherer, low visibility and lack of fuel. the captain has no choice but to ditch his plane in the caribbean sea. no footage exists of this incident, but our dramatic animation shows what the plane might have looked like as i slammed into those turbulent waters. heres how the pilot describes what it felt like to be in the cockpit at that life and death moment. >> my first contact with the water was quite smooth and it wasnt too long after that that the rest of the airp...