US Airways flight 1549 goes down in Hudson River

[rudder]

Breaking news.

Damn it has been like 2 years with out an airliner fatality.

 

[Genx87]

Weird, they just had a big thing on no fatalities in 2 years a few days ago.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Genx87
Weird, they just had a big thing on no fatalities in 2 years a few days ago.

By the looks of it, they just may be able to keep that up. The plane is intact, and they are getting people out now.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: bamacre
By the looks of it, they just may be able to keep that up. The plane is intact, and they are getting people out now.

Excellent news, hopefully no fatalities.

 

[rudder]

Not much info now... so I am guessing at fatalities. But plunging a plane into a river on a 20 degree day does not bode well. I still remember living close to DC and watching Air Florida Flight 90 events unfold when it went down into the potomac river.

 

[Genx87]

Lets pray nobody got killed. Looking at the video part of the plane is above water. So that is hopeful. It didnt break up from what I can tell.

 

[PELarson]

http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1575208&nid=104

Looks good for no fatalities.

 

[bamacre]

The pilot most likely saved 150+ lives by being able to "land" on the water like that.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: bamacre
The pilot most likely saved 150+ lives by being able to "land" on the water like that.

He's the man now dog!

serious props, that is a near-miracle. Aircraft of that size aren't exactly nimble, and there are a shit-ton full of dangerous obstacles for something of that size to be anywhere near the surface other than on runways.

 

[chess9]

The water's probably warmer than the air. I'd be swimming for a boat. But I was a life guard for two years.

-Robert

 

[JTsyo]

They say water is at 40F. It looks like most people were able to get on the boats without going into the water.

 

[chess9]

Great!

 

[dwell]

Wow. 10 blocks from here. Didn't even realize it until it came on the news.

 

[Mokmo418]

CNN is actually talking to a survivor on the air... looks like it's going to be fine.

 

[chess9]

But, this is yet another reason to get to the Y and learn to swim. Save yourself if you can and have to. You might also save your child or wife. I've pulled a lot of kids out of Lake Erie. It's amazing how many people can't swim.

-Robert

 

[Liet]

I hear it was geese in the engine? If so, pilot should receive a medal immediately.

 

[theeedude]

Originally posted by: chess9
But, this is yet another reason to get to the Y and learn to swim. Save yourself if you can and have to. You might also save your child or wife. I've pulled a lot of kids out of Lake Erie. It's amazing how many people can't swim.

-Robert

At my university you had to pass a swim test to graduate

 

[Atreus21]

Give the pilot a goddamned medal. Must've required commendable and quick thinking for him to crash land in the water like that.

Kudos to skilled pilots.

Anyone know about any fatalities yet?

 

[chess9]

Originally posted by: Atreus21
Give the pilot a goddamned medal. Must've required commendable and quick thinking for him to crash land in the water like that.

Kudos to skilled pilots.

Anyone know about any fatalities yet?

Yes, I agree, the pilot is a genius and ballsy.

-Robert

 

[chess9]

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: chess9
But, this is yet another reason to get to the Y and learn to swim. Save yourself if you can and have to. You might also save your child or wife. I've pulled a lot of kids out of Lake Erie. It's amazing how many people can't swim.

-Robert

At my university you had to pass a swim test to graduate

Mine too! I had to take a class and get at least a C grade. I went the first day and the instructor let me take the final exam, which was 16 lengths of the 25 yard pool, non-stop using freestyle, backstroke, sidestroke, and breaststroke. Piece of cake.

-Robert

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: Atreus21
Give the pilot a goddamned medal. Must've required commendable and quick thinking for him to crash land in the water like that.

Kudos to skilled pilots.

Anyone know about any fatalities yet?

just reported that all 148 passengers and 5 crew members are safely off the plane.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

The engines are designed to take the impact of a bird going through it. This happens all the time. However because this was just taking off there may not have been enough speed or altitude to recover.

 

[The-Noid]

It was a flock of geese, not a singleton.

 

[dmcowen674]

Thread title should be Pilot saves all aboard

148 plus 5 crew

Absolute awesome job bringing it down so softly

Clap clap clap :thumbsup:

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
The engines are designed to take the impact of a bird going through it. This happens all the time. However because this was just taking off there may not have been enough speed or altitude to recover.

geese are pretty big though. I am sure it did some damage to the engines. To not be able to get airborne they more than likely took out both engines since two engine jets are able to take off with one good engine.

When jets take off there is a go-no go speed that gets called out by who ever is not flying. Its the speed at which if an engine were to fail you would brake if you had not reached it or you would keep going if it was called out. The results being not getting airborne should you continue below that speed or running off the runway if you try to brake going faster than that speed.

And there is no telling how often airliners hit birds. If you do hit one you are supposed to log it and maintanence has to check it out. More often than not I bet it goes unreported.

Thank goodness everyone was alright. Imagine if this were Midway airport that has big freaking walls at the end of the runway.