an airplane flying over the pacific has run out of fuel and is about to go down. >> it's a very dangerous scenario. >> it's called ditching in flight lingo. and in this precarious life-or-death situation, it is anybody's guess if the title, who is the only person on board, would survive. the flight brings back memories of the miracle on the hudson in january 2009, when a bird strike knocks out both engines on us airways flight 1549. amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew on board survive, but no one can guarantee an outcome as smooth as this textbook landing. friday, october 7th, 2011. the pilot of this cessna 310 twin-engine plane radios a distress call. he's just more than halfway through a 2,300-mile flight from monterey, california, to hilo airport on hawaii's big island,