US Airways Flight down in Hudson

[JerseyJoey]

Flight out of LGA just went down in the Hudson. Rescue crews on scene.

 

[ctenidae]

ABC News Story

The water temperature in the river was reported at 42 degrees, just above freezing.

That's a fair dinkum bit above freezing, I think.

 

[deadheadskier]

Sounds like all 151 people on board survived. Talk about a miracle

 

[JerseyJoey]

Sounds like all 151 people on board survived. Talk about a miracle

Looks good so far. Amazing video of the plane on cnn.com.

It has drifted all the way downtown from 50th street where it crashed. Looks like evryone made it.

Pilot says a flock of geese got caught in the engine.

 

[Grassi21]

ABC News Story

The water temperature in the river was reported at 42 degrees, just above freezing.

That's a fair dinkum bit above freezing, I think.

true, above freezing. but at 42 degrees the risk of hypothermia is wicked high.

 

[SkiDork]

can't see it from here...

 

[JerseyJoey]

It's prolly in the harbor by now. The ebb really moved that plane very quickly. It went from 48th street to Chelsea Pier in about 30 minutes.

 

[mondeo]

Aviation site:
http://www.flightglobal.com/article...ays-a320-crash-lands-in-the-hudson-river.html

Pilot radioed a "double hit" - both engines sustained bird strikes. Planes can fly with one engine out. Two isn't so good.

 

[poconovfr]

Aviation site:
http://www.flightglobal.com/article...ays-a320-crash-lands-in-the-hudson-river.html

Pilot radioed a "double hit" - both engines sustained bird strikes. Planes can fly with one engine out. Two isn't so good.

Oh man does that suck or what.

 

[hiroto]

Amazing skill of the pilot. He didn't end up in the river, but steered in there as the best possible place to go with no power.

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2009/01/us-air-1549-nyc-flight-track.html

 

[ERJ-145CA]

Kudos to the pilots - amazing airmanship.

 

[deadheadskier]

If I was a passenger on that plan; there would be a LARGE gift certificate going the pilots way to the best restaurant in NYC. Complete Hero

 

[drjeff]

Mega kudos to the entire crew of that plane. The pilots for having ice water running through his veins(no pun intended) and the flight crew from the accounts that I heard for keeping the passengers relatively speaking calm and able to quickly evac the plane!

 

[powbmps]

Hero (and total stud) for sure. Not only keeping the passengers safe, but the people on the ground as well.

 

[JerseyJoey]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_us/plane_in_river_pilot

 

[Glenn]

What a story! Helluva job by the pilots...and by the flight crew. It's amazing that everyone litterally walked off that plane.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

that pilot is a safety consultant, expert, published author, military pilot, all-around stud, etc....man, those passengers were lucky to have him flying their plane!!

 

[JerseyJoey]

Just heard on CNN that the control tower at Laguardia had a visual on the plane until it cleared the George Washington Bridge heading south over the river. Then they lost visual as the plane glided down into the Hudson.

The control tower said that the plane cleared the bridge by only 800 feet. Holy crap!!

 

[Johnskiismore]

The pilot gets my nomination for Man of the Year!

 

[JimG.]

An amazing story.

I was talking to 180 and he was doing play by play from an office building near the Hudson as the plane floated downcurrent and folks were being rescued.

That pilot is a true hero.