plane crash in NY

Sounds like the pilot did a textbook water landing and everyone got off safely. The plane is still floating. That guy deserves a medal.
 
last year a plane crashed in Madrid and only 19 survived...... I'ts great to hear that everyone is doing ok.
 
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Apparently the plane crossed over Manhattan on its way to splashdown.

That pilot's a steely-eyed aviation stud; this could have been exponentially worse.
 
Possible double bird strike. I had one in my little single engine plane years ago and it scared the hell out of me.
 
This is why I hate the news: "Everyone is safe, and being treated. But now let's go to Shelly Bombast who can tell us in grisly detail what MIGHT have happened if things had been worse. Shelly?"

Oh yeah, iReport? Shouldn't that be renamed: iDoYourJobForYouWithoutGettingPaidForItYoureTheFrickinReporterGetYourAssOutHereAndDoItYourself?
 
Damn. I want the guy who flies every plane I'm on to have this guys resume--

Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III is a captain for a major U.S. airline with over 40 years of flying experience. A former U.S. Air Force (USAF) fighter pilot, he has served as an instructor and Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) safety chairman, accident investigator and national technical committee member. He has participated in several USAF and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident investigations. His ALPA safety work led to the development of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular. Working with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists, he coauthored a paper on error inducing contexts in aviation. He was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Crew Resource Management (CRM) course used at his airline and has taught the course to hundreds of his colleagues. Sully is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (B.S.), Purdue University (M.S.) and the University of Northern Colorado (M.A.). He was a speaker on two panels at the High Reliability Organizations (HRO) 2007 International Conference in Deauville, France May 29-31, 2007. He has just been named a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.
 
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Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III
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That has got to be the best, most badass, made-up-sounding name in history. If he wore an eye patch, he would be my new hero, since that would mean he's a one-eyed pilot who managed to save all of the passengers' lives, and because eye patches are hardcore.
 
Several of the passengers reported the cabin smelled like "Cooked chicken" moments after the birds were ingested into the engines.
 
I can see it now:

Flight Attendant: What would you like for lunch?

Passenger: I'll have the chicken.

Flight Attendant: We're not serving chicken on this flight.

Passenger: That's funny. I thought I smelled chi-

CRASH
 
Billy Pilgrim said:
I can see it now:

Flight Attendant: What would you like for lunch?

Passenger: I'll have the chicken.

Flight Attendant: We're not serving chicken on this flight.

Passenger: That's funny. I thought I smelled chi-

CRASH
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One thing for sure, this is a day of deep sorrow for geese all over the planet. Perhaps it's bad form and insensitive to use humor at a time like this.

For any DVXusers with family members that are birds, I apologize for my comments, it's just my private way of dealing with the tragedy.
 
Billy Pilgrim said:
That has got to be the best, most badass, made-up-sounding name in history. If he wore an eye patch, he would be my new hero, since that would mean he's a one-eyed pilot who managed to save all of the passengers' lives, and because eye patches are hardcore.
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Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III... Sounds like someone who would train Stallone in a Rocky movie.

Billy Pilgrim said:
I can see it now:

Flight Attendant: What would you like for lunch?

Passenger: I'll have the chicken.

Flight Attendant: We're not serving chicken on this flight.

Passenger: That's funny. I thought I smelled chi-

CRASH
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Or fish.

Seriously though, glad everyone got out.
 
Saw this earlier, crazy cool. Glad everyone's ok.

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Apparently the pilot walked the cabin TWICE to make sure everyone was off. Righteous stuff! Top of the pyramid!
 
You have to wonder how he navigated those narrow airliner aisles, with such enormous brass balls.

It's already getting old, the endless miracle, miracle, miracle nonsense floating around on the tv and radio reports.

How about some respect for the engineers and pilot? This is engineering, airmanship, and good fortune; no exceptions to the laws of nature required.
 
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