Aircraft Ditching.
I saw on ASTRO this morning US Airways Airbus A320 made successful ditching (landing on water) on the Hudson River near Manhattan, New York. The Airliner with 155 passengers and crews just took off from La Guardia Airport minutes earlier had encountered a bird strike which crippled both of its engine. The pilot decided to make air turn back and was directed to land at Teterboro, New Jersey. However the pilot had to ditch the plane into Hudson River as he was loosing height rapidly. Credit must be given to the pilot and the crew who had handled the situation professionally as a result there was no serious fatality. This goes to show that proper training of human resources is a good investment for any organisation. The picture showed the plane remained floating after several hours as the wing was designed to act as a float under such situation provided it remained intact.

(Pic from Yahoo Flickr)