Kelly McHugh: Ditching Over the Gulf of Mexico

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Key Takeaways:

  • On December 4, 2010, Kelly McHugh's Piper Jetprop P46T lost engine power at 26,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico.
  • With three other men aboard and over an hour from shore, they faced an inevitable water landing.
  • The provided content introduces an AVweb interview where McHugh recounts the full story of this ditching.
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Kelly McHugh was flying a Piper Jetprop P46T at 26,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico on December 4, 2010, when the engine started to lose power. He was more than an hour from shore with three other men aboard, and, one way or another, they were all about to get wet. AVweb‘s Glenn Pew spoke with McHugh to hear the story of the ditching.

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