Originally Posted by World's King

Can you really call it a "landing" if you end up in a body of water... ?

Originally Posted by wikipedia

The phrase "water landing" is also used as a euphemism for crash-landing into water in an aircraft not designed for the purpose. An intentional water landing during distress, but under controlled flight, is called ditching. Such water landings are somewhat common for small craft in general aviation and the military, but they are extremely rare for commercial passenger airlines.

Originally Posted by Craven Morehead

Very interesting information twistedmosaic, my son's a commercial pilot. We spoke on the phone last night about bird strike. They are very common. After he had landed once, there was a turkey buzzard with its head embedded in a landing light. The rest of its body was dangling beneath it!