Kelly McHugh: Ditching Over the Gulf of Mexico

Editorial Staff

Friday, January 28, 2011 at 12:00 AM ET

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On December 4, 2010, Kelly McHugh experienced engine power loss in his Piper Jetprop P46T while flying at 26,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico.
With three other men aboard and more than an hour from shore, an emergency ditching was imminent.
The article serves as an introduction to an AVweb interview with McHugh recounting the ditching event.

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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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