Reporting the pilot/co-pilot had time to say over the intercom, “Brace for impact”.
“Federal officials” confirm bird strike.
I hope the data and voice recorders managed to make it. This is the first water landing of a commercial airliner in recent memory where the plane was intact afterwards.
There will be much to learn from this.
“the pilot/co-pilot had time to say over the intercom, Brace for impact.”
Man, that’d have you wishing you’d gone to church last sunday.