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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Woah...I hope everyone makes it out okay.
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I hope so too. I can't be believe how good the landing was, smooth as glass. I suspect no one was killed. Let's hope.
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Oh, wow...
If you guys believe in it, definitely be praying for these people. I know all of our thoughts are going to be with them until this situation is over with.
This does nothing to help my fear of flying.
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Initially, I had neglected to consider that this isn't the best time of year to be in water.
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Because of frequent lightning strikes?
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They're talking to some guy right now who was on the plane. He said the pilot simply said, "Prepare for impact," and landed it nicely.
Have they said how many people have been rescued?
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Because of frequent lightning strikes?
Nooooo! Pshhh...
Because of sharks.
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Wow.
They're saying it may have been a bird?
if that's true, and it was beyond this pilot's control but he kept everyone's lives safe...he deserves a massive bonus.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Nooooo! Pshhh...
Because of sharks.
Or the screaming eels.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Or the screaming eels.
Inconceivable.
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It just sank, you can barely see the tail sticking up out of the water now.
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They are saying everyone is out, without major injuries, thankfully. Everyone needs to shake the hand of the pilots and other crew members.
I'm only 2 aves away, but I cant bring myself to go over there.
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Originally Posted by ctt1wbw
It just sank, you can barely see the tail sticking up out of the water now.
No, it hasn't sunk. It is being moved by tug boats at this very moment. The tail, left wing and about half of the fuselage is above water.
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I think the video I'm watching has a bad vantage point. But Wolf just said it is sinking more and more. Probably won't make it to the shore.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
Initially, I had neglected to consider that this isn't the best time of year to be in water.
I think I heard the water was 43, but the air is 20. Nonetheless, not good.
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Crap I used to live right there. I could have taken the best pictures ever!
Props to the pilot. He was airborne for 3 min and some apparently and still managed to save his passengers!!
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Originally Posted by villalobos
Props to the pilot. He was airborne for 3 min and some apparently and still managed to save his passengers!!
Great job, and incredible control considering the wind.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Or the screaming eels.
Are those related to shrieking eels, by chance?
Anyway, amazing job by the pilot/flight crew!
So the next time the stewardess talks about using your seat cushion as a floatation device in case of a water landing, I may actually pay attention instead of making fun of her saying, "yeah, like that will ever happen."
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Originally Posted by cjrivera
Are those related to shrieking eels, by chance?
Gah...I should check my facts the next time I pretend to be smart.
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Right outside my office!
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Great job by the pilot. Great job by the A320 not breaking up. Thankfully they ditched in a busy ferry area. Remarkable.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Wow...he deserves a massive bonus.
Get out of here, what is he, some kind of investment banker? Bonus? Fugeddaboutit..
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So all the passengers on that fight are OK then? I hope so, that would be so traumatizing. I don't think I could fly again after something like this.
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Originally Posted by philm
Great job by the pilot. Great job by the A320 not breaking up. Thankfully they ditched in a busy ferry area. Remarkable.
AND didn't hit anything on the water!
wow.
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Originally Posted by iMapple
So all the passengers on that fight are OK then? I hope so, that would be so traumatizing. I don't think I could fly again after something like this.
I dunno. You kinda gotta figure that the odds of being in a second 'crash' landing are pretty damned low.
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Except that the odds of the plane you're on needing a "crash" landing are still the same, every time.
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Originally Posted by nonhuman
I dunno. You kinda gotta figure that the odds of being in a second 'crash' landing are pretty damned low.
I guess so. But if it was me, I think I'd give up air travel if I was in a crash.
Although I was involved in an incident, didn't realize until we landed and saw the fleet of ambulances and fire-engines following our plane down the runway.
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Hey, Brett Favre is not the only washed-up jet in New York!
(sorry....)
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"Good news: We have landed in one piece."
"Bad news: We are sinking into the Hudson."
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Originally Posted by philm
Great job by the A320 not breaking up.
Yeah, Boeings fall apart when they hit water.
(see you on page 20 )
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Originally Posted by nonhuman
I dunno. You kinda gotta figure that the odds of being in a second 'crash' landing are pretty damned low.
Originally Posted by wikipedia
Australian pilot Ray Clamback has twice survived ditchings of small aircraft (he also ended up in the water on an earlier occasion when the hull of the flying boat he was in was breached)[2]. The first ditching was during a ferry flight from the United States to Australia on 20 November 1999. The Piper PA-28-181 Archer was forced to ditch between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii after developing engine problems, and Clamback and his co-pilot were forced to tread water in mid-ocean for ten hours before being rescued by a cargo ship[3]. The second ditching took place on 4 October 2004; this time Ray was between Hawaii and Christmas Island in a Cessna 182 on another US-Australia ferry flight when it developed engine trouble. This time he was picked up by a cargo ship after six hours in the water[3].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditchin...rcial_aircraft
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Originally Posted by Timo
(damn Australians)
Qantas.
Qantas never crashed.
Uh-oh. Time for Wopner.
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Originally Posted by cjrivera
Qantas never crashed.
You meant to say they have never had a fatality as a result of a crash?
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I'll bet Bush is annoyed at being upstaged.
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Originally Posted by Andy8
You meant to say they have never had a fatality as a result of a crash?
Rain Man (1988)
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
if that's true, and it was beyond this pilot's control but he kept everyone's lives safe...he deserves a massive bonus.
Why? For doing his job?
Do you have any reason to think another pilot wouldn't have done as good a job under the same circumstances? Pilots are well trained for all these situations, so they'll all do pretty much the same thing in a given situation.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
Except that the odds of the plane you're on needing a "crash" landing are still the same, every time.
Yeah, yeah, gambler's fallacy, I know...
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Originally Posted by Dork.
Hey, Brett Favre is not the only washed-up jet in New York!
(sorry....)
Nice.
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Originally Posted by tooki
Why? For doing his job?
Do you have any reason to think another pilot wouldn't have done as good a job under the same circumstances? Pilots are well trained for all these situations, so they'll all do pretty much the same thing in a given situation.
The guy's resumé and many years of experience are probably what caused this to go as smoothly as possible.
I am quite sure that there is a considerable number of pilots flying all over the country whose attempt to produce the same result would've ended in tragedy.
It's not like what this guy did was easy, you know.
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Originally Posted by MacNNUK
I'll bet Bush is annoyed at being upstaged.
Nah, he's just probably content in being able to go home and get back to real life soon.
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Google Ethiopia Flight 961 video and you'll see an Airbus breakup during a water landing
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
The guy's resumé and many years of experience are probably what caused this to go as smoothly as possible.
I am quite sure that there is a considerable number of pilots flying all over the country whose attempt to produce the same result would've ended in tragedy.
It's not like what this guy did was easy, you know.
No doubt. An inexperienced pilot may not have handled the cross winds as well, or when splashing down may not have been able to handle the drag from the engines, etc, etc. This was a great pilot.
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Originally Posted by Chongo
Google Ethiopia Flight 961 video and you'll see an Airbus breakup during a water landing
Back to the PL, denizen, you obviously don't know a joke when you see one.
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I hope there isn't any hair in that palm!
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