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01-15-2009, 02:18 PM
|  | I have a very tasty head. | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NJ | | | Plane went down in the Hudson River
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01-15-2009, 02:31 PM
| | I have a very tasty head. | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NJ | | | |
01-15-2009, 02:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | They are bloody lucky they landed in water and not on solid ground. Funny how with all the technology in aeroplanes now days, a flock of birds can still bring you down.
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01-15-2009, 02:36 PM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | Yikes 
So far it doesnt look to be as bad as it could have been, thank god.
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01-15-2009, 02:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Newark, NJ | | | crazy...looks like some good flying landing that thing in the river...imagine if it was Newark Airport they would have had to land on what the Turnpike? |
01-15-2009, 02:40 PM
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01-15-2009, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle | | Quote: |
They are bloody lucky they landed in water and not on solid ground.
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01-15-2009, 03:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas | | | I think we have our first nominee for the 2009 Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Stud-Duck Mac-Daddy Baddddassss Pilot award.
Landing a jet, in the water, with no engines, and everybody walks away............
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01-15-2009, 04:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central New Jersey | | | As unfortunate of an event this is, it's amazing that no one was killed and everyone managed to safely evacuate the plane. The pilot did an amazing job of landing the plane. |
01-15-2009, 04:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Jersey | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fo shizzle Landing a jet, in the water, with no engines, and everybody walks away............ | Or swims, actually.
Good thing the seat cushion acts as a floatation device? |
01-15-2009, 04:24 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | No fatalities - how awesome is that! 
You don't hear about airliners ditching (landing on water) very often. Nice to know it can work.
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01-15-2009, 04:44 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | | Just saw the report on the crash on ABC News. Here's what I think: in this society we live in nowadays the term "hero" is IMO way overused. Not this time. The pilot of this plane is a HERO!
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01-15-2009, 07:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | That pilot wins at life.
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01-15-2009, 07:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Incredible. 30 minutes from me that plane went down. Even closer to DudistMonk.
I'm still absolutely fascinated that someone could crash land that in the Hudson safely. I'd be proud of that pilot no matter what.
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01-15-2009, 08:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Darlington, SC | | | When I heard about this on the radio, they said that this type of crash landing had never been successfull before. I agree, those pilots were awesome. And the crew & passengers had to do things pretty good too to get out as quickly as they did. |
01-15-2009, 08:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Findlay, Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DudeistMonk crazy...looks like some good flying landing that thing in the river...imagine if it was Newark Airport they would have had to land on what the Turnpike? | More likely, a woods somewhere.
The asphalt used in roadways is too thin, and likely a different composition than what is used on runways.....unless there are sections designed for such an emergency? Trying to land on a normal interstate would rip the asphalt right out of the ground, and endanger more people.
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01-15-2009, 08:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Findlay, Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by billjr When I heard about this on the radio, they said that this type of crash landing had never been successfull before. I agree, those pilots were awesome. And the crew & passengers had to do things pretty good too to get out as quickly as they did. | Amazing. Hell of a commercial for Airbus....and well deserved.
The FAA needs to immediately make a Jedi master designation and award....and give them to the pilots. Simply amazing.
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