Who knew?
“which was believed to be in the water”
Glad we have a starting point.
I’m assuming the engines were there on takeoff. Please que the Twilight Zone theme.
When found check them for animal hair, kind of like a fur coat or something.
were the engines ripped off when it hit the water? I’m wondering if NOT having that additional weight is what enabled the plane to continue floating..in my mind, losing the engines on impact, if in fact that’s when it happened, had a tremendous amount to do with no fatalities..
I just heard an AirBus guy say that they’re designed to come off under these sort of circumstances.
Aside from the fact that "journalists" these days can't seem to use correct subject/verb agreement (engines is plural, so therefore engines were believed...not was believed) where the heck else did they think they would be? With something as newsworthy as this we would have certainly heard if one (or both) had landed on a road, a building, a car, a person, etc.
No wonder print news is dying.
I could have prevented this. but New York is the only State where my Birdbuffer is not approved. Hmmm, other airports not using my system, and are aware that it is guaranteed and still use the shot guns, noise makers etc. which don’t work, then they may be considered negligent, and maybe a good lawyer could collect.
Just thinking,
Who knew?
Forget the engines, there’s about 100 lbs of diced goose meat somewhere between LaGuardia and the Hudson.
Who writes this crap?
Where else could they be?
"Yes, officer, I'm sure; that's not a jet engine. That's a planter I bought last year for my front yard..."
LOL! Understatement of the year!
Langoliers?
Vanity - Does the loss of both engines mean no hydraulic pressure?
In the aviation industry the bird hazards at JFK and La Guardia are well known. Both JFK and La Guardia are located next to water and for years have had serious problems with bird concentrations on or near the airport. Both airports have tried to take steps to mitigate the hazard but have always run into opposition from environmental and animial welfare groups. Several years ago I was at a bird strike reduction planning meeting sponsored by the FAA, the airlines and aviation safety groups. A representative from La Guardia airport made a presentation highlighting the bird hazard at that airport and all the problems they have had with the animal rights groups opposing efforts to reduce the hazard. After the presentation I had a casual conversation with him and remember him commenting that one day the birds at JFK and La Guardia were going to bring down an airliner. I am only glad there were no serious injuries.
Wonder how many “extra passengers” will start filing law suits (like when there are bus accidents and people start jumping on)? They’ll need to watch video of the rescues to make sure there aren’t any folks swimming from shore to get on the wings before the boats get there.
Nice MSM report -- not only the lack of logic (gee, ya think they might be found on the 43rd floor of the Empyre Staight Bilding), but the poor Grammar, or Gramper, or...
I haven't looked. Did the Times get the scores of yesterday's Playoff games right?
ML/NJ
