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Originally Posted by redforever
no, not at all.
I mean, the skills of this pilot were phenomenal and on the day, hour and minute when it counted, he called on all his skills and pulled this landing off.
But at the same time, no matter how skilled this pilot was, to not lose one life? For this to happen where he could land on the Hudson River rather than the middle of a large city or suburb? or in the middle of the ocean where ferry boats would not be available to quickly come to the rescue of all the passenger?
..... yeah, it is a miracle because usually the outcome is totally the opposite.
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Sorry, I fail to see why it's a "miracle"
Lets see, your taking off in New York City and lose
both engines to a bunch of canada geese (bad luck in it self) so you go hmmm, can't fit on 54th street and theres far too many cabs, central parks has too many trees and we can't make it to another airport...thats it folks were going fishing on the hudson today.
There was no divine miracle, it was pure skill, If it had happened in Calgary with the same pilot he would have picked an RR road. Other pilots may have picked the deerfoot (disaster). He did what he was trained to do for many years, he's a quick thinker under pressure and knows his aircraft...I'm willing to bet he is one of the top 5% skilled pilots in the world the way he pulled this off. And this guy can fly me and my family anywhere anytime.