TBM ditching

[JohnB]

I'm a bit surprised no one has posted this here so far. Apparently he had engine trouble and took the best coarse  of action to save the airplane. Textbook ditching. I hope the plane can be recovered before the ocean tears it apart.

 

[harv]

Saw the video. Textbook water landing......harv

[Spitfire]

That was a an amazing feat, and very lucky that no swimmers were caught up in the incident, everyone seemed so calm, though it was probably because it happened so fast.

Cheers

Dennis

[FME erk]

Thanks for sharing, so fortunate that somebody recorded it . . .

I echo you thoughts about getting it saved before the tides rip it apart  .. . .

 

[Spitfire]

Here's the latest on the recovery from HS

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/interesting-footage-of-a-tbm-ditching-today-in-flo-t523135-s10.html

Cheers

Dennis

[belugawhaleman]

Local news described it as a ; "World War two era jet".

[JohnB]

7 hours ago, Spitfire said:

That was a an amazing feat, and very lucky that no swimmers were caught up in the incident, everyone seemed so calm, though it was probably because it happened so fast.

Cheers

Dennis

Very lucky he had a place withing gliding distance to land.

[JohnB]

5 hours ago, FME erk said:

Thanks for sharing, so fortunate that somebody recorded it . . .

I echo you thoughts about getting it saved before the tides rip it apart  .. . .

 

I hope they are getting on with it soon!

[JohnB]

2 hours ago, Spitfire said:

Here's the latest on the recovery from HS

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/interesting-footage-of-a-tbm-ditching-today-in-flo-t523135-s10.html

Cheers

Dennis

Good to hear Dennis.

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, belugawhaleman said:

Local news described it as a ; "World War two era jet".

Typical.

[GusMac]

Even made the BBC news over here. Very neat ditching and lucky the beach was quite quiet.

[JohnB]

49 minutes ago, GusMac said:

Even made the BBC news over here. Very neat ditching and lucky the beach was quite quiet.

Agreed! Very well done. It has been recovered now for rebuild, etc.

[The Dude]

Good save, glad no one was inured. It sucks though that they will probably have to tear it apart again from all the salt water getting into everything

[JohnB]

7 minutes ago, The Dude said:

Good save, glad no one was inured. It sucks though that they will probably have to tear it apart again from all the salt water getting into everything

No doubt it will be a big job but at least the a/c was saved.

[belugawhaleman]

On 4/19/2021 at 10:56 AM, JohnB said:

Typical.

Yes, I was thinking I would be seeing a Comet or a ME 162 ditch

[JohnB]

High and dry now. Too bad it was further damaged on recovery.

 

[Spitfire]

That's a sad sight, hope it's not as bad as it looks.

Cheers

Dennis

[JohnB]

7 hours ago, Spitfire said:

That's a sad sight, hope it's not as bad as it looks.

Cheers

Dennis

Agreed. It could have been a lot worse though.

[Peterpools]

Glad no one was injured on the beach and the Avenger was salvaged

Keep 'em comin

Peter