US Airways Jet crashes in Hudson River in NYC

Fox ^ | Jan 15, 2009

[Red Steel]

Breaking now of Fox News.

[nutmeg]

Yes...reminiscent of other NY heroes...........

Yup. Lots of heroes in NY.... :o)

[pandemoniumreigns]

Now that was simply amazing...

[Interesting Times]

Pilot-earning-his-pay ping...

[Blueflag]

Downwind too. That adds to the groundspeed on the water landing.

2 minutes of that four minutes was an eternity for the crew. I wonder how long the passengers had to get ready.

... I wonder if that last @$$hole had hung up his cellphone yet.

[Coleus]

Thank God everyone made it out alive!

Once again, it's private enterprise to the rescue.

New York Waterway

If birds were the cause

will we now be able to kill those Canadian Geese??

 

[farlander]

I’ll just assume that’s a joke/sarcasm.

[Free America52]

I was on the same flight yesterday. Hearing them talk about flight path, it was the same exact path I was looking at out my window just over 24 hours ago. Scary!

[djf]

Passenger from plane reporting that all the male passengers remained composed and let the women and children get out first.

I don’t want to hear not one more single damn word trash talking J6P American male! NOT ONE WORD!!!

[TomGuy]

The pilot made a sharp 180, lined it up on the river, dodged a general aviation aircraft coming up the river at 1000 feet in the opposite direction, and then apparently ditched it southbound down the river.

Per MSNBC, the plane had no power at that point. That makes the turn and navigation by the pilot even more outstanding.

[Palladin]

Thank you, Lord, for a quick-thinking pilot and excellent crew!

[Spktyr]

MSNBC: Reports coming in that *both* engines were out.

FAA saying that everyone got out okay.

Plane being towed downriver for investigation.

Survivor from 22A being interviewed. Says hard impact, had warning to brace before landing.

[alisasny]

THese geese are a royal pain, they land all over Long Island and leave mega tons of crap so you cant even walk through parks...

[Abigail Adams]

Wow, thank goodness you flew yesterday instead of today!

God bless the passengers and pilots!

[wagglebee]

will we now be able to kill those Canadian Geese??

I hate those damn things!

[Kozak]

The pilot is indeed a hero but the airplane will need a bail out.

The line forms behind me....

[Blueflag]

Technically, they are Canada Geese. They may or may not hold Canadian eggports.

These birds, AKA non-migratory waterfowl, are now considered a pest in GA, and can be dealt with as such. I had to be corrected by a Ga Wildlife dudette for calling them Canadian Geese.

It’s a Catch-22 situation for us. As a pest, we are permitted to SHOOT them to remove them, but we are not permitted to fire a ‘gun’ in our subdivision. (we live on a lake). These things are giant poop machines that awaken way too early.

[TCH]

Has not Oberdope on MSLSDNBC blamed this on GWB yet?

[nutmeg]

Per MSNBC, the plane had no power at that point. That makes the turn and navigation by the pilot even more outstanding.

Oh that's right, I left that out of my post. Fox News reporting the same... absolutely amazing. The pilot is both a genius and a HERO.

[nutmeg]

I was on the same flight yesterday. Hearing them talk about flight path, it was the same exact path I was looking at out my window just over 24 hours ago. Scary!

OMG!

[Doogle]

Anyone who watched his Katrina coverage, has.

..nah nah, I mean a eye rolling, sobbing, knuckle biting knickers wetter, where he has to take a job at MSNBC after the crisis..*grins*