Sentence examples for ditched off from inspiring English sources

Flying on one engine, he was barely able to maintain adequate speed and altitude, then ditched off the tiny Allied-occupied island of Kiriwana in the Solomon Sea.

The bank's employees were travelling to the firm's corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, when US ­Airways flight 1549 dramatically ditched off Manhattan last month.

In 1996, when a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines jet ran out of fuel and was ditched off the Comoros Islands, the plane was so close to land that a life guard organized the beachgoers to rescue the passengers and crew: out of 172 on the flight, 50 were pulled out alive.

EC 225 models have been out of service since one ditched off Shetland in October.

The manufacturers of a Super Puma helicopter which ditched off Shetland last month do not know when the model involved will be back in service.

Hundreds of staff were stranded when almost a quarter of the industry's fleet was grounded after the Super Puma ditched off Shetland.

Hundreds of staff are overdue to return since almost a quarter of the industry's fleet was grounded after the Super Puma ditching off Shetland.

The crew carried out a "controlled ditching" off Aberdeen last week.

The crew of the Bond Super Puma carried out a "controlled ditching" off Aberdeen on Thursday afternoon, when an oil pressure warning light came on.

But Favre's horrible across-the-body interception -- arguably just as bad as the one he threw to Corey Webster when the Packers lost the National Football Conference championship game to the Giants two years ago -- was one reason the Packers ditched him, setting off his peripatetic march around the N.F.L. looking for another Super Bowl contender.

As it started taking off, McEnroe ditched his original band and hired some industry pros.