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In the Event of a Water Landing ...

Posted Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1999, at 3:30 AM ET

An EgyptAir jet crashed over the Atlantic Ocean Sunday morning. In July, Michael Brus explained the history of "ditchings," or emergency landings in the open sea.

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