01-15-2009, 02:07 PM
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US Airways flight crashes into the Hudson River [Old Bumped Thread]
www.cnn.com for live coverage.
I don't think anyone died in this crash and it sounds like the pilot's skills "landing" on the water saved hundreds of lives.
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01-15-2009, 02:12 PM
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The doors are still closed and they are trying to figure how to get people out.
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01-15-2009, 02:15 PM
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Nevermind..
Stupid CNN. Everyone got out.
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01-15-2009, 02:16 PM
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First Line Centre
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A bird caused all of that!?
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01-15-2009, 02:18 PM
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From early report, it was a flock of seagulls (haha, i know but...) that got into both engines. An engine can handle a bird or two....a whole flock, not so much.
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01-15-2009, 02:20 PM
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lets kill all seagulls while we are killing all the bears!
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01-15-2009, 02:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
I never thought it was possible for a pilot to land softly on the water. Always thought those re-enactments were a facre, guess not.
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From the CNN reports he had pretty much slowed down before hitting the water, and that this was an aborted take-off.
So he didn't land on water, he rolled off the runway, across the field, and if he had a few hundred more feet it wouldn't have hit the water at all.
Very different from trying to land a jet on water from full flight.
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01-15-2009, 02:24 PM
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First Line Centre
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I'm glad someone must have read the inflight safety sheet
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01-15-2009, 02:46 PM
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I am the traveller
Across a million miles of open.
I wanna get there,
I wanna swim in your emotion.
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01-15-2009, 02:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
From the CNN reports he had pretty much slowed down before hitting the water, and that this was an aborted take-off.
So he didn't land on water, he rolled off the runway, across the field, and if he had a few hundred more feet it wouldn't have hit the water at all.
Very different from trying to land a jet on water from full flight.
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No this is not a aborted takeoff.
It achieved t/o but it suffered multiple bird strikes damaging both engines.
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01-15-2009, 02:52 PM
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yeah, sounds like he was in the air.
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01-15-2009, 02:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
From the CNN reports he had pretty much slowed down before hitting the water, and that this was an aborted take-off.
So he didn't land on water, he rolled off the runway, across the field, and if he had a few hundred more feet it wouldn't have hit the water at all.
Very different from trying to land a jet on water from full flight.
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Where they landed is fairly far from the airport, so i severly doubt this. LGA is in queens, where they landed is on the OTHER side of Manhattan. The Hudson is nowhere near the airport....it would've had to been like a 2 mile skid!
Last edited by Table 5; 01-15-2009 at 02:55 PM.
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01-15-2009, 02:57 PM
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I'm sure Manhattanites did not enjoy seeing a plane flying low and heading for a crash landing. Probably scared a few of them. 
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01-15-2009, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Ironhorse
I'm sure Manhattanites did not enjoy seeing a plane flying low and heading for a crash landing. Probably scared a few of them. |
They talked to a guy and thought it at first. He said pilot did a great job which is a understatement.
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01-15-2009, 03:05 PM
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I heard, after the bird strikes, he was trying to fly to an airport in jersey...but didnt quite make it...
but wow it is amazing that plane didnt bust up
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01-15-2009, 03:06 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
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Looks like the report I was reading is no longer on CNN's site. Obviously somebody else with better NY geography cleared that up for them.
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01-15-2009, 03:09 PM
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It takes incredible skill to crash land any plane in water, for him to grease an ailing 320 into water without it coming apart is amazing.
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01-15-2009, 03:18 PM
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I always smirked when I heard "In the event of a water landing..." during the flight attendants' spiel, thinking there was no such thing. Who knew planes float?
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01-15-2009, 03:20 PM
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Wow. Incredible stuff!
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