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Its database does not go back to the beginning of commercial flight, obviously, so it is possible there were ditchings before it began keeping records.
There are too many variables involved to make a rule, but ditchings of international carriers have shown that keeping the fuselage intact and the passengers out of cold water is hard indeed.
Possibly because ditchings are both virtually nonexistent and virtually nonsurvivable, the Federal Aviation Administration does not require commercial pilots to train for them.
It is also conceivable that some accidental crashes into water upon landing or takeoff were not classified as deliberate ditchings.
Several non-U.S. airlines have experienced ditchings, with mixed results: some passengers died and some survived.