Posted on 01/16/2009 1:50:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK – Federal investigators said both engines are missing from the US Airways jetliner that ditched into the Hudson River as reports emerged that the pilot who safely landed the aircraft had considered an emergency landing at two airports. Police divers were using sonar to find the engines, which was believed to be in the water.
As investigators scoured the wreckage of the Airbus A320, many of the 155 people aboard recounted survivor stories and hailed the pilot as a hero who delivered them from certain death.
The pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, was in good spirits and showing no outward signs of stress from the ordeal, a pilots union official said.
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Bingo! on that, even if you are a Dawg, and the Cats are going to stomp you on Sunday. ;-P
Will the black box tell us?? Sorry if someone already said this.
Probably not, on the black box, but the crash analysis of the aircraft pieces being assembled as we type in a warehouse hastily-rented by the NTSB somewhere close to the crash site, will tell us.
Look, the engine mounts were probably designed to shear off with the forces of a water landing. I’m thinking that things worked as designed, and that this is one of many elements that led to this event having such a good outcome - a very experienced pilot who did the right thing, engines designed to shear off, many boats in the water nearby, passengers acting and crew acting coolly to get everyone off, etc.
Emergency crew members work around the wreckage of the US Airways airplane that crashed in the Hudson River, as the tail fin and left wing stick out of the icy waters while awaiting it's removal, in New York January 17, 2009. REUTERS/Patrick Andrade(UNITED STATES)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Pilot’s heroic actions inspire old friends, new pilots
http://www.gazette.com/articles/prepared_46381___article.html/flight_york.html
He flew F-4s in the Air Force..
I haven't looked. Did the Times get the scores of yesterday's Playoff games right?
ML/NJ
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