Plane crash lands on River Hudson, New York

[ramjamclub]

when will hollywood make the film

A fantastic story with a happy ending. The stuff they want for Hollywood films.
The pilot has been given the keys to Ney york city already.
The passengers must be thanking their lucky stars that they had this pilot on board.

 

[1927]

I think its a pity that all the news coverage showed the plane in the water without a high level shot so there was no context. Those who know where he had come from and where he landed will have an even greater appreciation of what might have been, and what an incredible piece of flying it was.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7834499.stm This gives a pretty good idea of what he actually did.

 

[editor]

Ropey coastguard video of the actual landing and amazing footage straight after: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3mLKfRVU3qM (2 mins in)

The lifeboat was there really, really quick and you can see how quick the river was flowing.

 

[T & P]

Also, it appears that Dr Evil has turned into a rescuer.

Do you think there were sharks with freaking laser beams in the water?

 

[laptop]

The passengers must be thanking their lucky stars that they had this pilot on board.

Until the inquiry finds that the instant the cockpit filled with noises indicating "your left engine is really, really fucked!" he killed the right engine


(Just a guess like... unlikely... but it has happened.)

 

[spitfire]

Until the inquiry finds that the instant the cockpit filled with noises indicating "your left engine is really, really fucked!" he killed the right engine


(Just a guess like... unlikely... but it has happened.)

It'd be great if planes did that. Proper warnings:

"pull up...PULL UP....PULL UP YOU TOOL..THAT'S THE FUCKING GROUND"

 

[mauvais]

Until the inquiry finds that the instant the cockpit filled with noises indicating "your left engine is really, really fucked!" he killed the right engine


(Just a guess like... unlikely... but it has happened.)

Yeah, that's happened before. In one case (e2a: Kegworth) passengers in the cabin saw one of the engines on fire, but it wasn't communicated to the crew (why would it?) and the pilots killed the wrong one.

In this case I'd bet against that having happened. I don't know but I'd expect feedback to have improved since earlier incidents, dual engine birdstrike is much likelier than it is accounted for (see recent incident on a Ryanair flight into Ciampino) and this crew seemed to have it together.

 

[Bang to Rights]

Thing is .... the Yanks will credit the success of the incident on american pilots in general, the ground crew, mechanics, the president, the american population, the american flag, the american constituion, the american FAA, the city of New York, the mayor, american city planning, American airways, american safety regulations, and the smart uniform they wear.

But when it comes to the subject of the European-made Airbus that endured - they'll swear it's a piece of shit, not worth the cost of paint on an American-made aircraft.

 

[laptop]

Get thee to www.pprune.org and troll away

 

[laptop]

Until the inquiry finds that the instant the cockpit filled with noises indicating "your left engine is really, really fucked!" he killed the right engine


(Just a guess like... unlikely... but it has happened.)

OK, I think he's cleared on that: right engine looks really, really fucked:

Bit lucky the emerging compressor blades didn't slice the cabin in two...



Campaign for vernarcuar warnings proceeds "You forgot to turn the air on, arsehole. You have 15 seconds of consciousness. MASKS. DOWN. NOW."