[Delta Dawn]

land it on the water very carefully

Indian Ocean. Night time. Was the ocean as smooth as a mirror? Probably not. If there were even 5 foot waves, at 200+ MPH, the plane would have ended up cartwheeling and breaking into a million pieces. Since the pilot did not have the luxury of pulling this off at a time of his choosing, conditions would have been somewhat less than ideal. At this point, I am not convinced of anything. I am however suspicious of these 1 in a million chance explanations as to what happened to the plane. I stand by my earlier statement. If MH370 went into the drink, there would have been debris washing up on shore somewhere by now.

[Uncle Chip]

<>Night time.<>

It wasn’t night time — it was 8:00 in the morning.

And if ditching a plane in water is not survivable then why are planes to designed for such ditching emergencies, and flight crews trained for ditching emergencies, and passengers provided life vests and flotation devices for such ditching emergencies.

Water landings happen all the time and passengers and crew and fuselages survive them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_landing