Watch original US Coast Guard Footage of the Rescue. Pan Am Flight 6 - Ditching of the Sovereign of the Skies
Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, original Coast Guard film
Sully Sullenberger's ditching is currently at the top of the list of dramatic aircraft water landings. In interviews Sullenberger recalls the famous 1956 B-377 ditching in the open ocean by Pan Am Captain Dick Ogg. Read the story of "Sovereign of the Skies" and other famous ditchings.