U.S Airways A320 makes emergency landing in Hudson River

[regnu]

[kronus]

I really don't understand why they don't just put chicken wire over the intake.

If it doesn't stop the birdies, at least it will dice them up nicely and "digest" them so that the turbines don't have to.

[Kruzen]

Supposedly a 777 can take a frozen turkey to the engine and still run fine.

:O

[regnu]

^ and Airbus seams to have designed a plane with cool tricks.
1) A ditch button that seals up all "fresh air" cavities.
2) A little wind driven fan that pops out of the engine when an engine fails to keep the hydraulic pumps working.

Thank goodness the pilot and crew have to go through so much emergency training. It really paid of in this case.

[E30 Cabrio]

The Pilot is a fuckin' stud.

Loses both engines and glides it to a smooth landing, on the water.

0 injuries/deaths.

Had he touched a wingtip on the water, it would've cartwheeled and it would have ended badly.

[akorcovelos]

from what I heard the pilot was also an experienced glider pilot. Bet he never thought that would help while he was on the clock!

[kishg]

As fine and dandy as this all is, I have noticed it now more than ever that the news love tragedies or near tragedies such as this. The moment that Larry King asked Dr. Sanjay Gupta if he "had any idea what a bird would do to a plane" I changed the channel. The media is so fucking annoying.

agree. they were asking some very stupid questions.. charlie gibson was the worst as usual..

[TDE30]

I've been watching it on the news for the past few hours, it was an amzing feat by the pilot, the crew, and the occupants aboard. The father of one of my good friend's actually knew the pilot, apparently the pilot had some background in the Air Force as well. He definitely saved the day for everyine on board.

As fine and dandy as this all is, I have noticed it now more than ever that the news love tragedies or near tragedies such as this. The moment that Larry King asked Dr. Sanjay Gupta if he "had any idea what a bird would do to a plane" I changed the channel. The media is so fucking annoying.

[So Live]

Everyone made it out alive. That pilot did his job and then some..

Agreed man that guys a fucking hero. He fuckin dead sticked that bish in to the hudson and everyone survived.

Fuck geese btw.

[Mastrcruse]

I just saw the news story about this. I'm thankful we actually have pilots that can do good things in crisis time.

[Ral]

he did his job, no more no less. That said, congrats to him on doing it well.

[vlad]

the pilot did anamazing job !
my friend has a condo facing the Hudson and saw it happened live - the plane landing, big splash, police boats etc... absolutely unbelievable that everyone is ok, the pilot and the crew deserve medals for bravery and professionalism

[dashboardmonkey]

Big pat on the back to the pilot.

Andy

[kishg]

Too many threads going to shit on R3V unnecessarily.

agree. the level of childishness seems to have ticked up a notch. must be the cold winter.. :)

[mtechnik]

Fucking terrorists.. Training geese to fly suicide missions!

Please let's leave all of that bullshit out of this thread.
All the preliminary reports indicate it was nature and until the NTSB brings out its official reports lets leave the terrorists claims, albeit 'just jokes' out of it too.


Too many threads going to shit on R3V unnecessarily.