US Air type in the Hudson?????????

[Voice Of Reason]

Smoking gun perpetuating the single crew member mentality...
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0115093hero1.html

 

[172driver]

Any Airbus guys out there want to comment on the engine systems? I know a lot of turbines will mechanically or electronically cut the fuel off when the shaft is displaced or seizes.

 

[exagony]

Doesn't US Air charge extra for water?

that's frickin funny!!

 

[LearLove]

The news says it was a bunch of canadian geese...we should ban them from the US.

we should bomb canada. thoes geese are WMD's.

too bad Bush only has a few days left.

these wikipedia people are crazy fast:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549

big pic prior to the boats getting there:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Plane_crash_into_Hudson_Rivercroped.jpg
congrats to the crew. one he11 of a piece of airmanship.

 

[ironspud]

Parkers flapping his gums now...

He sure has a girlie voice.

 

[skiandsurf]

Hopefully when he does interviews he will handle those as well as the emergency and help bring some respect (and pay) back to the professions of the entire crew and crews everywhere in the industry. He'll be given a huge soapbox...hope it is used well. Great job.

"Just doing my job, Wolf. I am no different than any other professional pilot. We're all trained for emergencies like this. In fact my copilot was flying this leg. Now excuse me as I take my drug and alcohol test."

 

[SuperFLUF]

Damn good job by the pilots. Is it me, or did the plane look totally intact there in the water.

Probably end up flying in a week or so.

Probably not. I saw some video of the FDNY tug boat hauling the 'bus towards the shore and they were beating the 'ell out of it. The left wing was up on the side of the tug and the slats were getting hammered on the side of the tug...... so at least two weeks till she's flyin' again.

 

[GlobeIII]

Whose the resident birdstrike expert here?

The odds of a flock shutting down both engines is almost astronomical.

One I know of off-hand. 2 out of 4 engines ....Alaska E-3 AWACS, No survivors. Canadian Geese. 1995

http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/5464/

 

[SuperFLUF]

"Just doing my job, Wolf. I am no different than any other professional pilot. We're all trained for emergencies like this. In fact my copilot was flying this leg. Now excuse me as I take my drug and alcohol test."

"...and search for an adverstised trip to pick up since I lost my pay for the rest of the pairing...."

 

[surfnfly]

Nice job guys, you make us proud. Job well done by boat crews as well.