[Moose4]

Somebody on airliners.net pulled this data off flightaware.com (I don’t know how to do it myself):

Time Lat Long kts Alt
03:26PM 40.80 -73.87 151 1800 level New York TRACON
03:27PM 40.83 -73.87 174 2800 climbing New York TRACON
03:27PM 40.86 -73.88 194 3200 climbing New York Center
03:28PM 40.88 -73.90 202 2000 descending New York TRACON
03:28PM 40.86 -73.93 215 1600 descending New York Center
03:29PM 40.83 -73.95 194 1200 descending New York TRACON
03:29PM 40.82 -73.97 191 1300 climbing New York Center
03:30PM 40.78 -74.00 189 400 descending New York TRACON
03:31PM 40.75 -74.02 153 300 descending New York TRACON

If that’s the case, the pilots got that A320 down from 3200 feet at least and guided it to a successful ditching just off Manhattan. That is amazing.

}:-)4

[Doe Eyes]

Somebody on airliners.net pulled this data off flightaware.com (I don’t know how to do it myself):

Live Flight Track Log (AWE1549)

[Blueflag]

amazing what’s on the web.

Looks like (inferring from data) the bird strike occurred on climb out.

03:27PM 40.86 -73.88 194 3200 climbing New York Center

03:28PM 40.88 -73.90 202 2000 descending New York TRACON

194 = KIAS
3200 = altitude AGL

In one minute they lost 1200 feet, which is not terribly alarming, but ‘interesting’. Definitely not part of a normal departure route.