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A -- the ability to float, a boat if you will for a little while. you're a commercial airline pilot. yes, it happened here on the hudson river, the miracle on the hudson. is it possible in the java sea with those weather conditions? >> of course it's possible but not likely with the success that captain sullenberger had. the ditch switch what it really does primarily is it closes the outflow valves which are responsible for pressurization they open and close according to pressure. and actually captain sullenberger did not and jeff skiles did not close that switch. they beat themselves up over ...