This is particularly relevant when an aircraft is forced to ditch in the ocean and becomes a floating vessel that will almost certainly sink . For example , following the crash of US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River , Captain Chesley Sullenberger was the last person to exit the partially-submerged aircraft , and performed a final check for any others on board before doing so
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549
The captain goes down with the ship