Water landing

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In aviation, a water landing is, in the broadest sense, an aircraft landing on a body of water. Seaplanes, such as floatplanes and flying boats, land on water as a normal operation. Ditching^[1] is a controlled emergency landing on the water surface in an aircraft not designed for the purpose, a very rare occurrence.^[2] Controlled flight into the surface and uncontrolled flight ending in a body of water (including a runway excursion into water) are generally not considered water landings or ditching.^[3]