(Aaargh, I’m not awake yet......)
Referencing this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3225949/posts?page=275#275
Good question on what’s the definition of ‘forced landing’.
Also my question: what’s their definition of ‘amphibious’?
Here is how the FAA defines emergency landings:
TYPES OF EMERGENCY LANDINGS
The different types of emergency landings are defined
as follows.
• Forced landing. An immediate landing, on or off an airport, necessitated by the inability to continue further flight. Atypical example of which is an airplane forced down by engine failure.
• Precautionary landing. A premeditated landing, on or off an airport, when further flight is possible but inadvisable. Examples of conditions that may call for a precautionary landing include deteriorating weather, being lost, fuel shortage, and gradually developing engine trouble.
• Ditching. A forced or precautionary landing on water.
In the NTSB preliminary report on the crash it was described as “an open ocean ditching.” Which is a forced landing on water.