Originally Posted by
rickair7777
You would have to land the plane like Sully and then let it sink intact.
Any sort of impact would break up the plane and release all sorts of debris, much of which would float.
But that's mostly irrelevant...it's a very, very big ocean and wind and waves would quickly disperse any debris such that you would not be able to spot a defined debris field.
Understood - wondering if whoever was in command of the plane may have ditched at a pre-determined rendezvous point, then sunk the plane. But that would require extraordinary skills, to land in open ocean w/o breaking apart/cartwheeling.