In the Event of a Water Landing tells for the first time the full stories of the Bermuda Sky Queen and Sovereign of the Skies rescues, the only two completely successful open water ditchings in Commercial Aviation history.
Using the voices of the passengers, flight crew, and the Cutter’s crewmen an amazing tale unfolds. Their vivid memories, interspersed with contemporary news reports, flesh out the unemotional entries from the cutter’s logbook and official investigations.
No one flying, before or since, ever experienced such harrowing rescues.