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An airplane flying over the pacific has run out of fuel and is about to go down. >> its a very dangerous scenario. >> its called ditching in flight lingo. and in this precarious life-or-death situation, it is anybodys guess if the title, who is the only person on board, would survive. the flight brings back memories of the miracle on the hudson in january 2009, when a bird strike knocks out both engines on us airways flight 1549. amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew on board survive, but no on...

Twin-engine plane radios a distress call. hes just more than halfway through a 2,300-mile flight from monterey, california, to hilo airport on hawaiis big island, when he realizes hes low on fuel and desperately needs help. u.s. coast guard pilot lieutenant eric modjeska is called in to intercept the cessna and coordinate a rescue. >> we took off to go intercept the pilot and escort him into the crash site. >> modjeska and his hercules c-130 are dispatched from barbaras point on hawaiis oahu isl...

An airplane flying over the pacific has run out of fuel and is about to go down. >> its a very dangerous scenario. >> its called ditching in flight lingo. in this precarious life or death situation, its anybodys guess if the pilot ho is the only person on board will survive. >> the flight brings back memories of the miracle on the hudson in january 2009 when a bird strike knocks out both engines on u.s. airways flight 1549. amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew on board survive. but no one can ...