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Good find. I was actually looking for that to illustrate the fate of most aircraft that attempt to ditch in water.

And yes, I should have been more clear, "gear" would include landing gear (duh), engines, flaps, elevators, or anything else that might "snag" on contact with the water and cause this sort of outcome. The larger the aircraft, the harder it is to prevent this. There is a water landing emergency checklist that usually includes retracting the wheels, pulling in the flaps, etc but the angle and levelness of contact here was all art. Very cool to watch. I'm glad there were some security cameras that caught the actual landing.



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