U.S. Airways plane down in Hudson River
Jan 15th, 2009, 12:35 PM
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Jan 15th, 2009, 12:36 PM
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Thanks the lord everyone is safe, great pilot. There was a woman with a baby on board who got off- a passenger says people stayed pretty calm in evacuating.
I have flown in that corridor in a small plane with my brother who has a pilot's license. Densly populated with tall buildings on each side.
Whew! what a relief!
I have flown in that corridor in a small plane with my brother who has a pilot's license. Densly populated with tall buildings on each side.
Whew! what a relief!
Jan 15th, 2009, 01:58 PM
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It sounds like the pilot was amazing. Once he knew he was in trouble he was trying to get to Teterboro Airport (in NJ), realized he didn't have enough time so he landed in the river. Amazing that he pulled it together and that in a very congested city like NYC no one on the ground got hurt. He truly sounds like a hero.
Jan 15th, 2009, 02:08 PM
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Pilot did an incrdible job bringing that large a plane down right in the middle of the river softly enough that it stayed completely afloat for almost 6 minutes - giving everyone time to get off.
And luckily the Weehawken ferry was already on it's way across the river and was at the scene in about 4 minutes - joined shortly by several Staten Island ferries and a couple of fire department boats.
(If you have to do a water landing the Hudson is the place to do it - lots of sizable rescue boats a couple of minutes away.)
Aparently all passengers and crew are fine - many didn't even get wet.
One pilot commentator said that this situation - a flock of large birds (Canada geese) on take off is one of the worst nightmares, since the plane still doesn;t have all of its flaps etc deployed and is very unmaneurveable - exceept for heading up.
The next question is - what to do about the geese. They do congregate in massive flocks at this time of year - and are a menace to a plane of any size - since only a few sucked in can clog a jet engine - meaning the plane has no power at all.
A bunch of very lucky people!
And luckily the Weehawken ferry was already on it's way across the river and was at the scene in about 4 minutes - joined shortly by several Staten Island ferries and a couple of fire department boats.
(If you have to do a water landing the Hudson is the place to do it - lots of sizable rescue boats a couple of minutes away.)
Aparently all passengers and crew are fine - many didn't even get wet.
One pilot commentator said that this situation - a flock of large birds (Canada geese) on take off is one of the worst nightmares, since the plane still doesn;t have all of its flaps etc deployed and is very unmaneurveable - exceept for heading up.
The next question is - what to do about the geese. They do congregate in massive flocks at this time of year - and are a menace to a plane of any size - since only a few sucked in can clog a jet engine - meaning the plane has no power at all.
A bunch of very lucky people!
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