US Airways Jet crashes into Hudson

US Airways jet crashes in Hudson River



Officials say all of the 148 passengers and crew members are safe

NEW YORK - A US Airways plane crashed into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after striking birds that disabled two engines, sending 150 on board scrambling onto rescue boats, authorities say. No deaths or serious injuries were immediately reported.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said the US Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport enroute to Charlotte, N.C., when the crash occurred in the river near 48th Street in midtown Manhattan.
Brown said the plane, an Airbus 320, appeared to have hit one or more birds.
A law enforcement official said that authorities were not aware of any deaths and that the passengers did not appear to be seriously injured. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the rescue was still under way.

NBC News, citing local law enforcement, said that all of the 148 passengers and five or six crew members were off the plane.
A passenger who identified himself as Jeff told NBC News the engines blew about 3 minutes into the flight. "Fire started blowing up," he said. "I thought we would be able to circle around, but the captain said 'brace for impact.' ... I think the captain did a helluva job."

Hotwater

 

your late reporting..
It looks like a metal shark now..
Birds being the cause,,
Correction. Trained Al-Quida birds..

 

ba old news

 

shit, thats lucky as hell


what a pilot

 

They’re saying it was a swarm of geese

Fucking Canadians


Hotwater

 

sure took up a lot of local air time.. Air time.. Pun.

 

can birds normally take down a commercial jet?

"air force one went down today killing everyone on board. according to the recording on the black box, the plane hit a swarm of gnats and there was just nothing that could be done."

 

Apparently they can and here in the northeast planes are particularly vulnerable



Hotwater

 

Well there were a few cases of hypothermia and I’m guessing at least a few cases of Cabin Fever


Hotwater

 

too bad it didn't crash into Times Sq.

 

wells, when take off requires alot of thrust for lift. If even the slightest power loss is noticed, the pilot can compensate but only so much..
When a plane is in flight and has altitude it can hit birds and not get so much damage..
but not the case as it has its engines at full, during takeoff.. Some planes only use tail engines for take off. I think AB320's only have 2 engines.. As loss of one during take off, can be Catastrophic..

 

My friend sees the plane out of his office window, or at least he could

 

i found it pretty funny

 

They can do a lot of damage. [insert role playing game joke here]

 

That's what I was thinking. And if it did, it probably wouldn't have killed a single New Yorker.

 

true story!! t@uri$t$!!!11

 

Yeah. Fuck those bitches.

 

what's up with that anyways its not there's really all that much to see in that city, it pisses me off actually, but i still go there when it's unavoidable

 

what?

 

what if a flock of birds went into your engine?

i dont like flying.