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Originally Posted by David Knudsen

I seem to recall from Air Disaster Vol 1 that the ALM/ONA DC-9 that ditched off the coast of St Croix back in 1970 didn't break up during the ditching, but lives were lost. That link doesn't mention the condition of the aircraft, however.

The Ethiopean one was interesting in that many survived the crash and break-up, but were drowned because they inflated their life jacket inside the a/c which meant they got stuck inside.

Looking at the footage of the US Airways crash it seems as if very few people had a life jacket on (guess not much time with this one).