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Posted by VDub on Jan-15-2009 22:06:

US Airways goes down in the Hudson River...

Airbus A320 with 155 ppl on board went into the river with no fatalities and no major injuries...

PPl said they saw it go into a flock of geese which took out the engines...

The Captain said that they were going down and for the paasengers to brace for impact...

He then performed a perfect, textbook, emergency water landing in 0 degree water...

My hats off to the crew of this plane for doing a perfect job and saving everyone on board...

Posted by Skipper on Jan-15-2009 22:10:

My terrified-of-flying BF is flying back from New York today. He's gonna love this.

Posted by Abercrombie on Jan-15-2009 22:27:

Posted by rabbitjoker on Jan-15-2009 22:46:

It's amazing that everybody is ok. Good work by pilot & crew!

Posted by Swamper on Jan-15-2009 22:50:

Amazing.. I'm having difficulty understanding how the plane looks unscathed. wow.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregor...086900/sizes/m/

Posted by junkie_vince on Jan-15-2009 22:55:

wow thats crazy

Posted by chinamon on Jan-15-2009 22:58:

osama planted those geese.

Posted by Yohan on Jan-15-2009 23:01:

quote:
Originally posted by chinamon
osama planted those geese.

even the birds are terrorist these days

Posted by smuncky on Jan-15-2009 23:44:

quote:
Originally posted by chinamon
osama planted those geese.


and they're from canada!

just goes to prove that canada is harboring terrorists.

Posted by Skipper on Jan-16-2009 00:56:

I don't get how it doesn't sink. Did it sink yet?

Posted by Intangible on Jan-16-2009 01:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
I don't get how it doesn't sink. Did it sink yet?


I was watching it on Daily Planet while doing homework so I didnt catch everything... but...

Something happens to prevent water from entering the fuselage. So since the plane isnt filling up with water maybe thats why it hasnt sunk.

- sorry I should have paid more attention

Posted by Inrush on Jan-16-2009 01:01:

just saw the news report. Amazing they landed it that good

Posted by Intangible on Jan-16-2009 01:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Inrush
just saw the news report. Amazing they landed it that good


Honestly it makes me feel safer in planes.

To know that the pilots and crew can safetly handle a situation like this.

The key to this was that they landed the plan level to the water.
And props to the flight attendents for keeping the passengers so calm.

Posted by smuncky on Jan-16-2009 01:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
I don't get how it doesn't sink. Did it sink yet?



this kinda answers your question at the 2 min mark. and the plane is now "docked" on the west side of manhattan near the uss intrepid.

Posted by VDub on Jan-16-2009 01:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Intangible
I was watching it on Daily Planet while doing homework so I didnt catch everything... but...

Something happens to prevent water from entering the fuselage. So since the plane isnt filling up with water maybe thats why it hasnt sunk.

- sorry I should have paid more attention


Luggage compartment is sealed which helped to keep it afloat for a while but....

The plane did sink at about the 1 1/2 hr mark after it hit...

Posted by yankeeBaby on Jan-16-2009 01:34:

omg we heard an explosion at work and were like:

Posted by Abercrombie on Jan-16-2009 02:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Yohan
even the birds are terrorist these days


PETA attention whoring anytime now.

Posted by VDub on Jan-16-2009 04:22:

quote:
Originally posted by VDub
Luggage compartment is sealed which helped to keep it afloat for a while but....

The plane did sink at about the 1 1/2 hr mark after it hit...


I did just see that they had it partially out of the water and tied to a dock so I guess they got it up...

Posted by activate on Jan-16-2009 05:18:

quote:
Originally posted by VDub

The plane did sink at about the 1 1/2 hr mark after it hit...




no it didn't.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us...ef=mpvideosview

Posted by Owen M on Jan-16-2009 08:06:

those pictures look so serene.

I couldn't imagin what it would be like to go down into the water...yet it looks kinda relaxing in those pics.

Posted by smuncky on Jan-18-2009 19:02:

a video that captured the plane landing on the water.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7835497.stm

and another view.

http://videos.kansascity.com/vmix_h...edia?id=2861987


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