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Old May 4, 2019 | 2:42 am
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Originally Posted by beachmouse
And we have a successful water evacuation of a floating plane in subtropical waters. Looks like the life rafts even got used. (The US military uses civilian charter planes on a regular basis rather than keeping passenger service in-house in many cases)

https://heavy.com/news/2019/05/jacks...s-river-water/
More info here https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20190503-0
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