Two Airplanes Successfully Ditch in Pacific

A testament to our jaded modern times: I tried to skip ahead in the first video, because you know, 4 minutes was too long for me to spend watching an airplane parachute down out of the sky and into the Pacific Ocean. Get to the action, amirite? Then when I skipped ahead, the video got stuck. I tried a few more times, then gave up and went on to the next story. Because you know, it's just a plane falling out of the sky straight into the swirling ocean...caught on video.

Wow -- It was cool to see they had parachutes on the plane itself. Is this common on smaller planes these days? I've always wondered if/why airliners couldn't do something like this.

A few details here from someone who flies that plane: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/01/amazing-footage-of-a-small-plane-being-rescued-by-a-cruise-ship-and-a-parachute/384837/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;national&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;amazing-...</a>

I wonder if the pilot gets charged expenses for stuff like this - either by the coast guard or the cruise ship that picked him up.

Pretty amazing video! It looks like the parachute caused something of a hazard once the craft was in the water. It seemed to drag it along and contribute to it rolling over when the pilot was sitting on the wing – that looked like it could have been very troublesome. Glad it all worked out!<p>Also, that survival raft looks pretty small! Does each passenger get one too?

Just for context: Without a parachute, these conditions (open ocean, 9-12 foot seas) are hard to survive, right?

Is the camera filming from the HC-130 Hercules airplane?

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