What happens if an airplane engine fails while flying over the Ocean?

Question

Hello guys, my name is Charly Dat Duc Lai and I wonder what happens if an aircraft loses all power while flying over the Pacific Ocean, even though if there are no airports nearby and there no safe place to land the plane. Let’s just say that we are on a vacation from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, traveling to Tokyo, Japan, the airplane is somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean or your flight is half way to Tokyo, and then suddenly all of the engines fail unexpectedly and the aircraft loses all of it's electrical power, there is no land nearby and there are no nearby airports to make an emergency landing, it is all just all Ocean Water only. How do the pilots to get the aircraft to touch down safely without putting the passengers and flight attendants at risk?

Answer 1

Chances of survival are virtually nil. Water is not a soft surface to land on, the impact would be catastrophic.

If they were able to radio a distress call before the power went out it would make little difference, a lifejacket may keep a person afloat for days but they would drift with the current and die of thirst and exposure if not shark attack, the planes black box would signal its position on the ocean floor but debris does not stay in one place.

Rescuing any survivors would require a miracle or at least some amazing stroke of luck, fortunately a complete power failure is about as rare as winning the lottery so I don't think we need to worry much about it.

Answer 2

Unless there is a nearby cloud the pilot can park on to wait for maintenance to come out an fix the engines the chances are all on board will die. Either from the initial impact, drowning or eventually dehydration.

Answer 3

Everybody dies.

Answer 4

Simple... The airplane crashes into the water and you all die.

Answer 5

Everyone on board will have a 99% chance of dying.

Answer 6

Landing a plane laden with fuel on water is just about impossible for even the most skilled pilot, even if the fuselage did not break up on impact the chances of being rescued immediately out in the middle of the ocean are zero, planes do not float for very long it would be at the bottom of the ocean long before any rescue got there, you fly you take your chances, nothing is guaranteed 100 percent

Answer 7

If an aircraft has to ditch there is a standard emergency procedure that pilots train for. There is always risk with a water landing so it is negated by having redundancy built into the aircraft systems so that a total power loss is extremely unlikely. Most multi jet aircraft can still fly on one engine

Answer 8

If you lose all of your engines while too far from land to glide there, there is a slight possibility that your feed will get wet

Answer 9

If the failure is controllable and the pilot knows how to glide and crash controllably on the water then there is a call out for a MayDay with position location and the plane ditches in the water - those who survive and escape are hopefully rescued in time. You take your chance with sharks - but really the chance of any plane crash is extremely low.

Answer 10

Your seat cushion is a flotation device, but only last for 24 hours.