Pilot Safe After Ditching 253 Miles From Maui (Very Cool Video!)

Unbelievable video of a pilot ditching his plane and ending up in his life craft on the water.

Video by the US Coast Guard. The pilot of a single engine Cirrus SR-22 aircraft that ran out of fuel is safe after ditching his aircraft 253 miles northeast of Maui, Hawaii Sunday. At approximately 4:44 p.m. the pilot was able to deploy the aircraft’s airframe parachute system and safely exit the aircraft into a life raft. U.S. Coast Guard video.

Amazing the way the parachute controlled the planes decent and landing in the water.

He's one lucky pilot thats for sure!!!!

a reply to: SecretKnowledge

Holy CRAP!!!! That's one of the coolest videos I've ever seen on here man.

Talk about luck, going down near a cruise ship. Though I imagine it was a coordinated effort by everybody but still, lucky the ship was even close enough to begin with.

Dude needs to get a bigger raft though lol

:O

I know I should say more….but
:O

Yee-Haw! Helluva ride.

a reply to: SecretKnowledge

OMG, that is amazing! He was very very lucky.

originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: SecretKnowledge

Holy CRAP!!!! That's one of the coolest videos I've ever seen on here man.

Talk about luck, going down near a cruise ship. Though I imagine it was a coordinated effort by everybody but still, lucky the ship was even close enough to begin with.

Dude needs to get a bigger raft though lol

Very lucky with the cruise ship for sure.
Gets in, gets dry and into the resturaunt for dinner!

Fantastic

a reply to: ChiefD

He sure was lucky.

See how cool he seemed to be when he gets out of the plane and is preparing the liferaft?
Not a bother on him

I had no idea planes could have a parachute like that. That's really cool. Seems like that should be standard on smaller aircraft.

So, I wonder what happened to the plane... International waters rule? (Finders Keepers?) Did it just get towed in? And if so, then why did the guy have to hop on a cruise ship?

a reply to: japhrimu

Im sure it sunk, wouldnt it?

Awesome vid! Cheers to the pilot!