HAOLE Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/plane_in_river I cant believe the plane is in one piece and no one was hurt seriously or died! Edited January 16, 2009 by HAOLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 wow that pilot needs a raise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I am glad no one died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 What about the geese? I am about 20 miles from where this happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 What about the geese? I am about 20 miles from where this happened. Human Life > Goose Life ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils Advocate Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Human Life > Goose Life ? NUH UH, GEESE R PEOPLE 2@ Plz visit my homepage, http://www.peta.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bruh Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 thats amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils Advocate Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 By the way, best ost-trauma interview I've ever seen. They were interviewing someone on the plane, and the reporter asked something like "What was it like?" Guys response: "It was Scary as Shit." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 There were some leg injuries...I'm sure nothing too serious. From what I heard, only one engine failed, but I was under the impression most planes could still sustain flight w/ one engine (obviously the other under a lot more throttle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 On take off with a large load of fuel (especially if the airline is being cheap and making them mule fuel with the plane) it is hard to take off with one engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 NUH UH, GEESE R PEOPLE 2@ Plz visit my homepage, http://www.peta.com That is just more meat for me and NONE FOR YOU. I win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Watching that on the news, I was dumbfounded. Way to go pilot, you saved many lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Human Life > Goose Life ? too soon? no one was killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthetic_Influx Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Considering the water, cold, and the plane itself crashing into the water... it's amazing there weren't more injuries or fatalities. Definitely good work on the pilot's part and the flight team. That water had to be cold as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 What about the geese? I am about 20 miles from where this happened. Me too.....in NYC right now. Flying out Friday afternoon from Laguardia. Great move on the part of the team there. Remember....never open the rear doors in a water landing....and they prevented that. Great job to the entire team on that plane. x2 on the pilot for a raise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_us/plane_in_river_pilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I can't believe they killed my little Air Kittens. RIP Geese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I hate geese. When I was flying a lot I had two close calls,one with a goose and one with a buzzard. Hit one of those in a Cessna and they will be in your lap. It is a good thing Cessna's are nimble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonneVille Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Human Life > Goose Life ? Only if you're willing to make some concessions about the definition of "Human"...:whistle: Seriously, though, that pilot should get some kind of commendation, at the least. That area is a BAD place to find open space that won't shred a plane, and making a water landing as gently as he appears to have done...wow. (And yes, I am fairly familiar with the area, having driven the nearby highways about every other week for three years.) Kudos to the ferry-drivers, too, for responding as fast as they did. If it weren't for the leg injuries and obvious lack of survival suits, I might have thought it was a planned exercise. Absolutely text-book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I got a text from a pilot friend that works for Netjets about it yesterday: Airbus comes out of the sky from birds again. I will say it again, if it aint Boeing, I aint going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 wow that pilot needs a raise I agree! He needs one those purple hearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Retired Airforce flying A4s in the 60s and 70s. America's finest. Guy was good. Although I bet a few sue the airline over this despite living..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Although I bet a few sue the airline over this despite living..... Well, ya. Probably over half will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korpy1647545521 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 thats crazy...glad to see everyone is ok though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonneVille Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Retired Airforce flying A4s in the 60s and 70s. America's finest. Guy was good. Although I bet a few sue the airline over this despite living..... Guy was better than good, he was the BEST possible pilot for that situation. You couldn't have hand-picked a better pilot. The guy was an airline safety expert, a long-time qualified glider pilot, 29 years experience in commercial jets, and a fighter jock before that. And everything else about the situation was just as improbable: The best possible pilot for the situation makes a better-than-textbook water landing, right in front of the docks of a major ferry line, where the ferries are just getting ready to put out for rush-hour, in the city with the best disaster-response training in the world. Hell, the only two things that went wrong during the whole thing were the water temp and the actual bird-strike. If you tried to sell this as a script, they'd laugh you out of Hollywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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