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Here’s the actual footage of the crash provided by the USGC:
Yes, it not a political lol, but it’s an amazing video all of you can comment about. Thought we’d share.
Oh, and for those of you with slightly shorter attention spans, here’s an edited version with more information:
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FIRST *I think*…
Did you know that mixing lard with your breakfast cereal can prevent colon polyps?
I don’t know what your point is but good to know!
Something apposite in my name…
Aloe Juice does that NOT lard[current best id coconut oil]
And what exactly is the point of your comment?
FIRST FIRST, I’M A TOOL, FIRST!
more like a fail
Yeah, a “tool” is a useful thing.
That’s just crazy. Man, I’m glad those people made it out alright.
I agree! This man deserves the “Hero of 2009″ award, even this early in the year.
The whole flight deserves major kudos, people must have been helping each other, no one panicked, everyone there is just amazing! I definitely want this pilot as mine though, he’s awesome.
Indeed. Everybody was incredibly well-behaved for what should have made everyone go nuts.
Also, is it just me, or does anybody wonder when they’re gonna get their luggage back?
if your clothes had been that deep in the Hudson, would you want them back?
There is this thing called ‘washing machines’, so the answer is yes. Especially since it is hard to find clothing in ‘viking size’ for women!
HAHA viking size clothing.. no disresepct the gals a beast
Can I point out that HE was the one who flew into a flock of geese in the first place, without thinking to avoid them?
Er, ever fly an airplane?
I didn’t think so.
Judging by his comment, Im not sure he even knows what an airplane IS.
It’s possible…..not likely, but possible, that he was thinking of a smaller Cessna-type plane. In those, it MIGHT be possible to steer around a flock of birds since the turning radius on those things is pretty tight.
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Then again, he’s probably just an idiot.
Crap, sorry. Sock fail. That was me.
You’d make a crap superhero…
Dammit. So that full body stocking with the cape will go to waste? I’ve worked on my Jedi powers for NOTHING?
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I has a sad.
Well I dunno… a full body stocking you say? Pics plox kthxbai!
Seconded!
The blunt tools told me to tell you you’re giving them a bad name…
Similar message from the low watt and dim bulbs…
You make it sound like he accidentally drank twenty shots of tequila before flying the plane!
The only reason he hit the geese was he was scoring coke off the flying yoke…
(OK he wasn’t, but it was the 20 shots of Tequila image I just loved…)
Actually, the co-pilot had the plane when they hit the birds. The captain took over once they lost the engines.
Whether the flock of birds was big and dense enough to show on radar is one of the questions on the NTSB’s plate right now. If they were, there may be reas0on to blame the air traffic controllers if Sully wasn’t warned.
There were also atmospheric conditions that made it hard to both see and avoid the geese. Not to mention it’s a PLANE, which is MUCH harder than driving a car!
Yeah, the pilot is an awesome human being, no doubt.
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But you’re still a tool for the whole “FIRST POST” bullshit thing.
good thing no one thought it was 9/11 part two
They wouldn’t have. The 9/11 planes turned off their transponders and went radio silent; this plane was being tracked the whole way and was in constant communication with the local air traffic control towers. As a result, no official outfits would have been confused. Civilians, however, may have had a bit of a panic attack.
I never realized how big the Hudson River is. Whoa.
That’s an all-around amazing situation. I’m glad the Pilot was so well-trained.
no kidding, I thought the plane was a small boat at first.
The pilot was amazing, and those ferry boat people weren’t too slouchy, either!
The pilot AND his flight crew. Flying a commercial jet is no solo job. Kudos to ALL of them.
I can only imagine how COLD those people must have been. *shivers just thinking about it*
It’s an outstanding touchdown by the captain, granted – but IMHO the entire crew deserve to be sharing the spotlight with him. Having people out and into liferafts within minutes, maintaining enough order for panic not to destroy an orderly evacuation – every single one of those crewmembers deserves praise for the efficient way they handled the evacuation
Yeah, but if that pilot hadn’t brought that plane down the way he did — not a single bounce, skating it in like the gliders he’s had experience with — then there wouldn’t have been the chance for the amazing rescue that followed, eh?
Umm…. He DID have experience with water landings… lots of them….
don’t forget, he was the last one off, since he did the final cabin check to make sure that absolutely no one was left behind…
I think that impressed me more than the ditch…
Yeah. Landing the plane that way could be seen as him just doing his job very, very well (and displaying a good amount of cool-headedness in a rather sticky situation), but from what I’ve heard his overall behaviour afterwards too was very commendable.
The pilot was Air Force trained, which not to toot America’s horn, is some of the BEST flight training you could ever have. WTG Sully!
USAAF does produce some damned fine pilots…
Well you know us Americans, if we’re going to shoot at and blow shit up,
we’d better be damn good at it.
Indeed… shame the intel they get is so crappy…
It’s getting better…tomorrow afternoon.
They’re carpet bombing CIA headquarters in the war against state sponsored terrorism and handing Kissenger over to The Court of Human Rights?
I gather there are rather few foreign countries Cheney will be able to travel to as a private citizen, for fear of having a warrant served on his undead evil ass.
There may be a few more pressing issues on the
agenda…
Hiding behind my name is a video about the “Gimli Glider”, which also shows
the benefit of Air Force (Canadian in this case) training with a glider.
Only in this case, it wasn’t an errant flock of geese to blame, it was the
conversion to the metric system (bleah).
Video’s not available in my region (northeastern US)
Damnit, I think the site ate my post. If this is a double, please forgive. Anyway, I think it sucks that it doesn’t seem to work where you’re at – it should be available to anyone who wants to see it! I have a thing against _unfairness_.
But see if this version of the link works?
http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/mayday/season-5/mayday-gimli-glider/
Alright, I’ve had two posts eaten. I think it’s damned unfair that
it apparently can’t be seen in some regions; I hate stupid stuff like that. If it’s going to be up in public, let anyone see it, damnit. Anyway, I have
posted a new version of the link behind my name (and maybe it’ll take
this time; I was trying to post it in the body). Maybe that will work.
If not, I’ll complain to Discovery Channel myself about it.
A unavoidable accident with a amazing pilot and crew. I agree big Amen and prayers of thanks to them all. With the captian the last one off and checking to see nobody left behind the deserve a medal.
Very, very impressive. Nicely done, all around. The pilot, crew, passangers, and ferryboat personnel! Everyone handled the situation as best to their ability, I think, and it saved lives. And kudos to whoever was driving that first ferryboat. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one speed up a river that fast, lol.
Those guys are heroes– the pilot, the ferryboat crews, all of them. It’s about time we had some kind of good news instead of one disaster after another.
here here!
its pretty amazing that they all survived, and it is a good job that the pilot was so well trained. Although, my idea of a hero is some one puts his/her own life at risk to save others, and the pilot was saving his own ass along with everyone else on that plane…. he still deserves all the praise that he is getting
See my post above… he went well beyond saving his own skin…
Why are self proclaimed ’skeptics’ such howling retards?
Maybe he thinks he should have gone down with the ship.
Oh wait, it’s a plane.
You’re a twit skeptic, the Captain did risk his safety. I doubt the Hudson is a nice balmy temperature this time of year.
Hats off to Captain Sully.
Nice post, except I think skeptic is not exactly sure what a hat is.
Hmm.. Perhaps you are right. How can I dumb that down?
*troll!* ^
Me or ‘Septic’?
Haha nice on Unc. I’m pretty sure he means “septic” since the reply is directly to septic’s comment.
I hope no one here is dumb enough to accuse you of being a troll.
I think s/he’s too excited about soup to answer you, Unc.
What part of “he was the last one off the plane” didn’t sink into your skull?
He’d spotted a shiny object by the time that part came up in the report…
walking the cabin twice to make sure everyone was off before he got out doesn’t elevate him at all in your eyes?
That sounds painful.. I can’t even stand when little pieces of dust are in my eyes, let alone a whole Captain.
*snort* okay… that is too funny
It’s USCG (US Coast Guard) not USGC…
unless of course you’re speaking of the USGC company that specializes in
“Acquisition/Contract Management, Program Management, Personnel/Human Resources Management, Training Services, Help Desk/Call Center Support, Records Management, Administrative Services, Security Services, Quality Assurance Services, Information Technology Services, System Integration Services, Engineering Services, and Technical Services, to homeland security, intelligence, defense and civilian sectors of the Federal Government and large prime contractors.”
Clearly they meant USGC’s division of technical services to homeland security… they…uhh… were filming the hudson… in case of …. terrorist attacks… from.. the… umm… I got nothin’
Thank you very much! We needed that to be corrected.
This makes me cry – but in a positive way. Its amazing to see all those people saved and so skillfully and quickly. The pilot and crew and those on the boats so quick to help deserve the highest honours. Huge well done to everyone involved, life savers and heroes – all of them.
Can you imagine? One second thinking to yourself, ‘I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die.’ and then the next, ‘I am REALLY cold.’
i’m sorry, that made me laugh.
me too dont feel bad.
Considering every interview Ive seen with the passengers state that exact sentiment, I dont see it as being offensive… but just for the “luls”
TOO SOON!
I think “Wooo! I’m not gonna die” comes in between, but otherwise I think you’ve nailed it.
I know this seems like a REALLY obvious metaphor,
but my hope is that this event represents the economy and the one in charge rescues it! Then again, only time can tell…
Considering that the one in charge right now probably isn’t who you’re referring to, you might want to rethink your statement.
Bah, he still has some 48(ish) hours to Fix It All, right? ;P
Some people just wait to turn in their homework until the last minute
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The stories I’ve heard actually blaming Bush for the crash just absolutely blow my mind. I know that Guess Again wasn’t exactly doing that, but the least I can insist on is a little accuracy before he’s gone
I’d have said the crash was caused by large birds being sucked into the engine…
or isn’t that the crash I’m looking for?
It’s one and the same. My statement involves a lot of reaching to actually get there, so I’ll retract the part about blaming Bush. You’ll have to forgive me for being in a bit of a snit this morning. It’s very early, and I’ve only had about 2 hours of sleep.
I know Bush was responsible for the death of the Archduke Ferdinand…
And Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who is STILL dead….
But Franco died of natural causes… unless you know something we don’t!
Maybe Bush was in telepathic control of those geese?
*Snort*
I don’t like the guy myself, but some folks are just wacky with their theories!
These geese came from Canada, and you KNOW
how much Canadians HATE our freedom…
Blame Canada?
It seems that everything’s gone wrong
Since Canada came along…
it’s just a cover up you know, it was one of cheney’s flying monkies
@Tessie and Rho: They’re not even a real country anyway!
you know, we make fun of canada and they still let us do anything we want. They are so nice, they could practically hand over their country to us if we asked for it. I mean seriously, has Canada even BEEN in a war? Canadian don’t hate anything!
I take it you’ve never spoken to a French-Canadian about Americans. The level of disdain there is matched only by a French-Frenchman while taking a long drag off his cigarette.
Yes, Canadian soldiers have fought honorably in many, MANY engagements, including both World Wars. Over a hundred Canadian soldiers have died in Afganistan alone.
Canada’s army is just a bunch of guys looking for a bar fight,
with a plastic knife from KFC…
“I cant get it out of the wrapper! MY EYE!”
Frou – Don’t worry, French-Canadians don’t much like us
Anglo-Canadians, either. And nobody likes the Newfies much at all.
yes, geese got sucked into the engines. in addition to it being frickin’ cold enough up there (in the sky over NY/Hudson River) to freeze a few parts of the plane
“Some people just wait to turn in their homework until the last minute
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I’ve always been a disciple of that school. Makes life much more Interesting. *nodnods*
DANBALA! You’re back at last! *schmoop!*
That I am!
I think everyone knows who you were referring to. It is my hope also that this may be an omen of better days to come.
A320s are such small planes. Is this had been a 747, it would have broken up on impact.
Without some really skilled flying, the A320 would have as well. Airliners are not meant to land in water.
Re. the question of credit, check this out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/nyregion/17flight.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=passengers%20exit%20door&st=cse
“Some passengers screamed, others tucked their heads between their knees, and several prayed over and over, “Lord, forgive me for my sins.” But a man named Josh who was sitting in the exit row did exactly what everyone is supposed to but few ever do: He pulled out the safety card and read the instructions on how to open the exit door.
US Airways Flight 1549 smacked the Hudson River the way a speedboat lands after jumping over a wake — with a thud that rattled teeth and nerves and stunned the cabin silent. It was as if everyone was waiting for someone else to shout in pain, and no one did.
Then Josh stood up. “Someone tried to pull the door in,” another passenger recalled, “and he said, ‘No, you’ve got to throw it out.’ He twisted it and threw it out.’ ””
On behalf of the PK community, it gives me great pleasure to award Josh one Internet and 270 Awesome Points, redeemable wherever drinks are being bought.
Hear, Hear! Drinks for Josh!
(and next time I’m on a plane, I’m reading the dang safety card!)
thats cool, that josh guy is…
The 747 can be successfully ditch, since Boeing has done it in tests… whether one can REALLY lose enough speed for it to work in a real crash is debatable… but I’d never say never… remember the Gimli Glider?
Uncle, the story of Gimli Glider is still hiding behind my name. It’s my favourite
episode of “Mayday”. Just gotta share it.
Everybody always has to find something to criticize.. Shouldn’t we be saying “Thank (insert deity/other noun here) that the plane didn’t break up and they got out alive”? Your negativity astounds me. Next they’ll be criticizing Sully for NOT flying a 747 and costing lives. Or some other such nonsense.
Yes, dammit, why wasn’t sully flying that plane that crashed in Queens(?) in 2001??? Or Every OTHER plane that’s crashed! WHERE WAS HE THEN????? /sarcasm
If this had been in the hands of a less skilled pilot it would have broken up.
One question: at 3:23 you see another plane standing on a pier in the background – what the hell is it doing there?
That Aircraft in the background is a Concord Jetliner that was installed on a barge as part of the Air/Space/Naval Museum which is housed in the Aircraft Carrier
U.S.S. Intrepid, which is docked next to the Concord.
Does anyone find the irony in the fact that this occurred not far from the Air/Space/Naval Museum?
Probably the Concorde from the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrepid_Sea-Air-Space_Museum)
As I remember it, they shipped it there on a barge, and used a crane to put it into position.
Captain Sullenburger could have made delivery a lot easier, I think.
Hehe, Win.
Maxwell Silverhammer, i assume u’re refering to the Beatles song, right? i love that song! lol.
No, he’s not referring to the Beatles song. He’s named after the other Maxwell Silverhammer.
I wonder what difference it makes who is FIRST!! I am in awe of the captain of that flight for landing that plane in that river and saving all lives aboard!
You wonder, I wonder, we all wonder.
Right around the 1:21 marker, notice the idiot who seems to wander off to the end of the right wing and fall off. Another guy goes and grabs him, but after a WIN like surviving a plane crash, wandering off to the edge of the wing and falling in the river is a major FAIL.
Not recognising ‘Man in shock’ fail there…
Actually scrub that… You’re doing it really rather well… I bet you’re a hoot at RTAs
Man in shock, numb cold feet, standing on slippery wing, icy cold current of water flowing over wing, deeper than knees, can’t see through choppy water, trying to move to the end so others can get onto wing…. yeah, pretty sure if I was one of the first out, I’d fall off, too. Kudos to the man in the white shirt who belly-downed into the icy water to fish the first man out.
Amen to that…
This isn’t 9/11. There was no tragedy. It’s OK to see humor in the situation.
Yes, when there is humor, but superimposing idiocy onto someone who just survived trauma isn’t humor
Now *that* was funny!
I’m sure I see your point. There are tons of fail pics involving car accidents. Those folks were in trauma. And why did the same blog post this?
http://failblog.org/2008/06/03/tour-de-fail/
I can absolutely see this being in poor taste, but when everyone is OK, you can make fun of it, much like this one:
http://failblog.org/2009/01/05/double-fail/
The guy on the bike is NOT ok, but we still laugh at the person who fell on their ass, even though they were probably in shock after seeing what happened.
And I’m willing to bet the guy who fell off the wing of the plane able to laugh about it with his family, so take the stick out of your butts – you sound like Republicans.
Well, thanks for the permission there… I wasn’t sure, but now you’ve said it’s ok, I just feel… well… hugged…
“the idiot who seems to wander off to the end of the right wing and fall off.”
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Thereby summarizing U.S. politics for the past 8 years.
LOL
*snerk*…even for a Bush supporter and right-winger like me that’s got WIN all over it, Tessie.
Bingo.
Brilliance!!
Even my mother laughed at that one!
The pilot was an Air Force fighter pilot from 1973 – 1980 and they all receive survival training at Fairchild AFB winter survival school. I was stationed at Fairchild 1976 – 1978 and would occasionally talk to the instructors from the school at the NCO club. It was some pretty intense training the pilots got put through, but it obviously paid of in spades in this incident.
Amazing feat of airmanship and professionalism. The entire crew should be given medals and an all-expense paid trip to the tropical resort of their choice with unlimited adult beverages for their spectacular handling of this potential disaster! The ferry crews that pitched in should be rewarded, too!
As a former (20+) year airline employee, I give them a standing ovation in complete awe!
Personally, I think I’d rather crash in a field with a greater chance of dying than have to swim in the Hudson *shudder*. That’s just me though
This is a great story to start the year. So inspirational. Next time I fly I’ll try to make sure that Cap’n Sully is my pilot.
New York City. No field available.
I believe there’s an 843-acre field known as “Central Park”.
“…Then the passengers and crew were all mugged. In related news, PETA
has filed several law suits related to pigeon rights…”
Don’t give them any ideas; I foresee a wrongful death suit on behalf of the dead geese. :eyeroll:
Aaack. I mean
LOL!!!!!
aren’t there trees there, and people. it’s a nice thought but a park is not the same as an open field with nothing but wheat, corn, or grass in it.
HEY!!! I come from a place where growing corn is part of life and no farmer would appreciate a plane landing in their field.
If you were a farm boy, then you would know that corn doesn’t
grow in New York in January, now wouldn’t you?
A water ditch had the lowest risk of fire/explosion. Dropping an Airbus full of Kerosene into a wooded area is one of those things that ranks as ’something one would rather not do’…
When you’re making an emergency landing, the word “field” refers to something VERY different from Central Park. Ever been there?
I also think I’m on pretty solid ground when I say that if Sullenburger had tried to crash land a crippled A320 in Central Park, we wouldn’t be using the word “hero” when talking about him.
Agreed. Having seen Central Park, the word ‘field’ doesn’t apply. rolling hills, trees, and the occasional ornamental building/stone wall/bronze statue. NOT a good place to land a plane.
And can we not forget, on a typical day, approximately 1.2 buttloads of innocent bystanders, commonly referred to as people. Or after such an event, commonly referred to as carbonized protein residue.
MmmMmm. Carbonized protein residue…
I live in Hell’s Kitchen, two blocks away from where this plane hit the water. If things had gone slightly differently, this would have been a major disaster. For those of you who don’t know NYC, this is about a quarter mile from Times Square…hats off and big bravos to Captain Sully, his crew, the maritime rescuers and all the passengers who helped each other. It’s nice to see real heroes…
Dear God! I never realized he was that close to Times Square. It makes me shudder now just to think of what could have happened.
yeah…….
I believe the skill and behaviour of this pilot highlight that not only he’s a person of great ethic, but also highlights the extreme coolness and precision that can only come from a veteran pilot. An incredible landing such as this, and the methodical cabin check thereafter, could not have been accomplished by a young “Bucko” captain with a couple of thousand hours. A standing ovation to him, his crew, and the rescuers.
I agree with the principle, but I certainly wouldn’t make a categorical statement like that. I’m quite sure that there are plenty of pilots with only “a couple of thousand hours” who are quite talented at handling their planes and making good decisions, even in this kind of situation. However, I do think that it’s fair to say that there aren’t a lot of longtime veteran pilots who lack those qualities.
In short, some of the younger pilots might have been able to pull this off, but you’re right – far more of the older, more experienced ones could.
Hmm are the two towers in the background the World Trade Center Twin towers?
no- those are two buildings of the Time Warner building at Columbus Circle (59th street at the south west corner of Central Park) The twin towers of the World Trade Center were totally destroyed in 2001…
pretty sure that he knows that the towers were destroyed and is just being a troll
I think they’re One and Two World Financial Center buildings.
LAST!
People this fan is amazing, he saved hundreds of peoples lives and took nothing of it to himself. He will and should be known as the Best Man to EVER FLY A PLANE!!!
The Gimli Glider lads did better, since they were up to cruising speed when it went tits up…
And why in the world did “tits up” ever become a term for things going badly?
Discuss.
I’ve wondered myself.
Seems to me that for a hetero guy, getting a gal ‘tits up’ would be a win…unless he’s a butt man, I suppose?
And for a woman, it implies either a well-fitting brassiere (good shopping haul!), or standing with shoulders back to ‘display the assets’…?
Here’s to hoping many of us have many “tits up” situations!
I’m fairly sure it is based on ‘belly up’, and a common Australian adaptation is ‘arse up’
“Arse up” makes more sense to me than ‘tit’s up’, for things going badly. I get mental images of head-first into a snowbank from that… (of course, I was just shoveling snow, so maybe that is why?)
‘tits up’ – means you’ve fallen on your arse… obvious
anatomy FAIL! all round…
but you are least
I believe it to be a fail to label this a “Crash Video”. That was an emergency landing and a beautifully executed one – no crash about it. Even the people on the flight said the impact was jarring, but not badly so.
why are the twin towers in the video.
Because it’s a conspiracy by the forth coming Obama-tron government, to moake us
1) feel good
and
2)forget 9/11
Thus meaning we no longer fight a war without end and they get Sharia law into the constitution by 2012
OR
You could be misidentifying one of several NYC landmarks as the long defunct WTC
Of course, I favour the conspiracy
Conspiracy? C’mon!
How could you fail to see that they are, in fact, giant boobies???
Plane lands in the Hudson, all 150 people survive. Tell me there’s no God!
Jordan.
http://www.theriverjordan.net
Majority of plane crashes involve lot of deaths. Did God not care about any lives before this crash?
god hated them… If he’d not got them in a plane crash, he’d have sent in the Touched By An Uncle crew to introduce their kids to crack and guns…
Jordan,
Don’t me me there’s a god, tell the guy in my link…
God’s death but retards like you make me taste bile at the back of my mouth…
There’s no God.
As I posted above:
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Re. the question of credit, check this out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/nyregion/17flight.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=passengers%20exit%20door&st=cse
“Some passengers screamed, others tucked their heads between their knees, and several prayed over and over, “Lord, forgive me for my sins.” But a man named Josh who was sitting in the exit row did exactly what everyone is supposed to but few ever do: He pulled out the safety card and read the instructions on how to open the exit door.
US Airways Flight 1549 smacked the Hudson River the way a speedboat lands after jumping over a wake — with a thud that rattled teeth and nerves and stunned the cabin silent. It was as if everyone was waiting for someone else to shout in pain, and no one did.
Then Josh stood up. “Someone tried to pull the door in,” another passenger recalled, “and he said, ‘No, you’ve got to throw it out.’ He twisted it and threw it out.’ ””
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Put one of those “Lord, forgive me for my sins” people in the exit row and a couple of dozen people from the back of the plane drown in the cold Hudson. Put Josh there, and all 155 are rescued.
“God” had nothing to do with this, and it’s pretty damned sick of you to try to use this kind of event as promotion for your childish little club. Learn to behave like an adult, kid.
kk
There’s no God.
Stop trying to take credit away from the pilot and the Josh guy who had the sense
to read the instruction card. That’s the most sickening thing about religionists; someone REAL does good, but they insist all the credit goes to their imaginary
friend.
Amazing.
UHMM< The twin towers are in the background
I didn’t read all those comments, but all I know is that the pilot is set for life with the airlines… the flight patern he took went straight with the river, he knew he was going down and he knew what to do at that time, even after the flight was down and everyone was out, he walked the plane to make sure everyone was out… but are those the twin towers in the background like zack says…
AS I’ve said before…
1) WTC is really still there and GWB claimed it was hit
2) It’s an illusion of the WTC by the Democrats to end the war without end, and introduce Sharia law before 2012
3) It’s another pair of towers and you lads don’t know NYC…
I favour the conspiracies as most likely… but hey…
i dont know nyc, what are they? i just thought cnn clipped old footage for the sake of ratings, which is no big, thanks for #1 and 2 though
Um. Is there supposed to be sound with this, BTW?
The only real difference between a hero and a coward is timing. The hero has a come apart after the event.
the coward comes apart during the event.
We don’t know how many lives have been lost (or saved) because of timing.
Capt. Sullenberger, the crew and, in this case most of the passengers, are heros because their character, personality or whatever else, allowed them to get through the emergency before the shakes set in. My hat is off to every damned one of them.
So did you work for Pratt or fly Double Wasp-powered birds yourself?
Negative.
My dad did, just think they’re the best recip aero engine ever built.
My dad worked at Pratt in engineering when the JT8D was in development, but he finished his MBA and got kicked upstairs to financial when I was just starting elementary school. He’s long retired now though. My only lasting connection is that my primary bank account is still with the Aircraft’s credit union.
Mine was a Sgt. assigned to the 33rd fighter sqd. Keflavik, Iceland, 1944-45. I grew up listening to tales of P-47s
with their R2800s roaring around the base.
Sadly, there are a pair of Thunderbolts near here (Knoxville, Tn) that he died before he got to see.
Your dad should be proud. The JT8D is an excellent jet engine.
Oh my god,when i seen thatt on the news you would have thought that the air plane would have sank but it’s just amasing that no one died.There’s already to much drama already.I just wished that the man that saw the birds hit the plane would have sed something to the captin before hand.So maybe they would stoped before they hit the water.
You ever tried to fly a plane? Don’t think so. You can’t just STOP “before they hit the water” in MIDAIR. Considering the circumstances, the pilot did an excellent job.
EPIC WIN!1!
agreed.
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Did someone rebuild the twin towers without anyone noticing? Cause it looks suspiciously like them in the back ground
Did someone post a comment like yours before you did? Cause it looks
suspiciously like someone did…
Um, no.
This is an amazing story. The video of everyone standing on the wing’s is just crazy. I’ve found a few ‘reconstruction’ animations of the event such as this one:
Umm…if, I’m not mistaken it’s “United States Coast Guard” which would be USCG, not “USGC”….FAIL!