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I've got five minutes of fuel, i'm not going to make st. thomas. >> i briefed the crew that we would keep going to st. croix but we were going to set up for a possible ditching. it's dark. it's overcast. it's raining. and the sea is very angry. the amount of whitecaps. the swells were quite enormous. and i had heavy winds. >> all of captain dewitt's years of experience are about to come into play. as he descends, he eyeballs the 10 to 15-foot waves and chooses one, knowing full well he has to land on top of it rather than into it or the plane could break into pieces. time of impact, 3:49 p.m. ...

And the sea is very angry. the amount of whitecaps. the swells were quite enormous. and i had heavy winds. >> all of captain dewitt's years of experience are about to come into play. as he descends, he eyeballs the 10 to 15-foot waves and chooses one, knowing full well he has to land on top of it rather than into it or the plane could break into pieces. time of impact, 3:49 p.m. unlike us airways flight 1549, which skimmed across the top of the hudson river, this plane bobs in and out of the waves. incredibly, captain dewitt says the plane continues to function while in the water. >> the aircr...

Could keep going to st. croix but we are going to set up for possible ditching. it's range, the sea is very angry, a lot of white caps, the swells were quite enormous and i had heavy winds. >> all of captain's years of experience about to come into play. as he descends he eyeballs the 10 to so foot waves and choose one knowing full well he has to land on top of it rather than into it somewhere the plane could break into pieces. the time of impact, 3:49 p.m. unlike u.s. airways flight 1549 which skimmed across the top of the hudson river, this plane bobs in and out of the waves. incredibly the ...

St. thomas. >> i briefed the crew we were going to st. croix but we were going to set up for a possible ditching. it's dark. it's raining and the sea is really very angry. a lot of white caps. the swells were quite enormous and i had heavy winds. >> all of captain dewitt's years of experience are about to come into play. as he descends, he eyeballs the 10 to 15-foot waves. and he chooses one, knowing full well he has to land on top of it rather than into it, or the plane could break into pieces. time of impact, 3:49 p.m. unlike u.s. airways flight 1549, which skimmed across the top of the huds...

>> i briefed the crew we were going to st. croix but we were going to set up for a possible ditching. it's dark. it's raining and the sea is really very angry. a lot of white caps. the swells were quite enormous and i had heavy winds. >> all of captain dewitt's years of experience are about to come into play. as he descends, he eyeballs the 10 to 15-foot waves. and he chooses one, knowing full well he has to land on top of it rather than into it, or the plane could break into pieces. time of impact, 3:49 p.m. unlike u.s. airways flight 1549, which skimmed across the top of the hudson river, th...