to the Flight Crew. Hell of a job flying.

NEW YORK (AP) - A US Airways pilot ditched his disabled jetliner into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after a collision with a flock of birds apparently knocked out both engines, but officials said rescuers pulled all 155 people on board into boats as the plane sank.
There were no immediate reports of any serious injuries.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an experienced pilot, said it appeared the pilot did "a masterful job of landing the plane in the river and then making sure everybody got out." And Gov. David Patterson pronounced it "a miracle on the Hudson."

Flight 1549 went down minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport for Charlotte, N.C., splashing into the river near 48th Street in midtown Manhattan.

"There were eyewitness reports the plane may have flown into a flock of birds," said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown. "Right now we don't have any indication this was anything other than an accident."

Passenger Jeff Kolodjay of Norwalk, Conn., said he heard an explosion two or three minutes into the flight, looked out the left side of the Airbus A320 and saw one of the engines on fire.

"The captain said, `Brace for impact because we're going down,'" Kolodjay said. He said passengers put their heads in their laps and started praying. He said the plane hit the water pretty hard, but he was fine.

"It was intense. It was intense. You've got to give it to the pilot. He made a hell of a landing," Kolodjay said.

The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows when rescuers in police and Coast Guard vessels and ferry boats arrived, opened the door and pulled passengers in yellow life vests from the aircraft, whose fuselage appeared intact. The plane was sinking in the near-freezing water on one of the coldest days of the year, with the mercury around 20 degrees.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=..._article=1

In the event of a water landing, your plane will become a boat.

(01-15-2009 07:45 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  In the event of a water landing, your plane will become a boat.

THIS time. I don't think I've ever seen it before. He's one helluva pilot. He damn sure shouldn't be flying a friggin' 320 anymore. They need to promote him to the big boys.

Why did everything in NY happen after I left Fort Lee, NJ? The two WTC attacks, this crash, the Giants win the Super Bowl, gay NJ governor, etc...

Quote:CBS 2 HD has learned the crippled plane missed the George Washington Bridge by just 900 feet.

The veteran pilot, Chesley Sullenberger, guided the Airbus 320 into the Hudson near 48th Street after it lost two engines shortly after its 3:26 p.m. takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. Early reports said the plane hit a flock of birds.

The 57-year-old Sullenberger, from Danville, Calif., is a 29-year US Airways veteran and a former U.S. Air Forcer fighter pilot who flew F-4 aircraft. He is president of Safety Reliability Methods, a California safety consulting firm.

Probably an evil, war-mongering Rethug.

BTW, after it lost two engines? Um, it should read "after it lost BOTH engines". Two engines imply there are more.

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Quote:[b]CBS 2 HD has learned the crippled plane missed the George Washington Bridge by just 900 feet.

I used to live less than half a mile from the GWB. If the plane had hit that bridge the traffic conjestion in the NY/NJ area would be so bad that people would be unable to commute for NJ to NYC because the Linclon and Holland tunnels wouldn't be able to handle the over flow.

Lots of Wall Streeters would be forced to stay at home....

(01-15-2009 09:50 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Lots of Wall Streeters would be forced to stay at home....

And how is that different from now?