Comments on: Actual Footage: US Airways Flight 1549 Landing in Hudson

By: Imelda Blahnik

Imelda Blahnik — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:47:28 +0000

In addition to all the well-deserved praise for the pilot and crew, it must be said: New York City rocks.

By: How the Common Man Sees It

How the Common Man Sees It — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:25:05 +0000

I’m wondering if it wasn’t the president’s lame duck approval ratings that weren’t sucked into those engines…..they could pretty much take anybody down

By: How the Common Man Sees It

How the Common Man Sees It — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:10:28 +0000

You have this all backwards, the victims of the crash never get a bailout, only those who cause it. The GRAB (Geese Recovery And Burial) program will be presented to Congress on Tuesday.

I suppose that is to be expected from a lame duck president <—–(upgrades )

By: DP

DP — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:50:01 +0000

@Winston Munn: You have this all backwards, the victims of the crash never get a bailout, only those who cause it. The GRAB (Geese Recovery And Burial) program will be presented to Congress on Tuesday.

By: How the Common Man Sees It

How the Common Man Sees It — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:09:23 +0000

Those were apparently Canadian geese so it is time for another of those blame Canada rants

It seems the geese are not so polite. They won’t even yield to a jet. Tough hockey players, tough geese. Is Obama sure he wants to visit Canada after the inauguration? I guess he better if he doesn’t want a visit from some geese

By: Space_Cowboy_NW

Space_Cowboy_NW — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:01:03 +0000

Viewed from a bizjet driver perspective, the Capt & 1st officer did EVERYTHING right and having a VFR (clear) day with no storms or chops on the Hudson was all good.

ATC had vectored them to Teterboro, but he was too low & too slow and knew better (having his glider rating) to stretch his glideslope so he set everything up (in a limited amt of time) to his advantage.

When all is going wrong, ones job (driving) is to sacrifice the aircraft for the passengers survival, sadly many pilots acheive the ’snatching defeat from the jaws of victory’ by trying to a) turn back or b)stretch the glide (trading altitude for distance) which is a loosing proposal. Usual outcome is a stall whereby a/c rolls over and into the ground. Very bad day!

Btw the 1st office had 35hrs in type (320) as was at the controls on the climbout…..what a logbook entry! “…was on climbout when encountered massive bird strike which disabled both engines.
Landed a/c in Hudson river, all passengers & crew evac, a/c sank.”

Just a (professional) guess, but I would say that each pilot aged about 10 years during the landing/evacuation.

I’d venture to say that God’s handiwork was all over this one, given the multiple of variables that could have been adverse.

As always, your mileage may vary……..

By: emmanuel117

emmanuel117 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:42:55 +0000

The pilots and the designers of the aircraft are owed some beers and a raise.

By: Winston Munn

Winston Munn — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:36:43 +0000

Our government needs to watch this – how to save everyone from a crash without a single bailout. It from the footage the key is liquidity.

By: Byno

Byno — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:28:38 +0000

The more see the video for this, the more I want to buy the flight crew a fifth of Johnny Walker Blue Label. Each. It’s not just that they landed a falling 200 ton brick (which, unfortunately, is what planes approximately turn into with engine loss), but that they landed a falling 200 ton brick as if they were lining it up on the runway with a touchdown you’d barely notice on asphalt.

Having done LGA to CLT *once or twice,* and knowing how intense the windshear can be on days when flocks of geese aren’t cross the tarmac on takeoff, this is epic.

By: Groty

Groty — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:23:56 +0000

In the life is stranger than fiction category:

Who would have ever thought they’d see a plane with 150 people standing on its wings float down a river?

Or that the first people to be rescued would be safely on a ferry in less than 5 minutes after the initial impact?

1 in a gazillion chance.