1.   Although we are required to wear a life vest, Dalton gives no briefing on emergency water landings.

2.   Before my second jump, three hours later, I ask about that water landing.

3.   One item in the pre-flight safety message that is beyond debate is that water landings are very rare indeed.

4.   Pilots admit they have no way of training for a water landing, other than to review the steps called for in their flight operations manual.

5.   Remember, in the unlikely event of a water landing, our empty promises can be used as a flotation device!

6.   The pilot, Kevin Donaldson, though wounded, was able to make a water landing.

7.   They said the plane, though apparently not equipped for a water landing, glided onto the river south of the bridge and then sank.

8.   Under the best of circumstances, a water landing is risky, said Michael Barr, director of the aviation program at the University of Southern California.