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Location: Chicago, Ill
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Plane lands in Hudson River?
I just turned the local news on, what an image. What happened?
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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Not sure, US Airways flight that seems half out of the water. Tons of local ferry boats there to help. Bizarre scene.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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watching online but I cant seem to get any commentary or sound, did everyone make it?
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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my wife said she heard a flock of geese flew into the engines and the pilot couldnt get control
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Burke, VA
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US Airways - Airbus - 325 people on board - crashed after takeoff
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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And we have a close family friend who is a U.S. Air pilot who works the northeast
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Chicago, Ill
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Apparently the pilots did one heckuva job in handling the whole situation.
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Location: Bahston Mass
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Flight from LaGuardia to Charlotte, from what I read.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Neptune Beach, Florida
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Eerie. Reminds me of Air Florida Crash in 1982. Plane crashed into a bridge in Washington D.C. and into the Potomac River.
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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all I can see on the TV is a bunch of boats
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Family friend is safe & sound at home, was off today. CNN just talked to one passenger who said he thought all the passengers made it off the plane safely, which would be bordering on miraculous IMO.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Wow, I have a coworker in town from Charlotte for a workshop. Normally these end on Thursdays, not Fridays, and she would've 100% been on this flight.
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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ABC is showing passengers moving onto another boat. Everyone, amazingly, looks perfectly fine.
The pilots and crew deserve medals. |
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Burke, VA
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Listening to Wolf Blitzer on CNN talkingto a guy on the phone claiming to have been on the plane, I'm cringing waiting for the inevitable "Ba-Ba-Booey Ba-Ba-Booey Ba-Ba-Booey Ba-Ba-Booey ..."
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
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Wow, I know how much damage a single bird can cause to a jet engine, I can't imagine how he kept it in the air long enough to land like that if he hit a whole flock.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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They say people were waiting on the wings for rescue. Amazing.
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
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Probably terrorist geese. Sneaky little bastards.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Neptune Beach, Florida
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Question, after going through something like this, do you take another flight say tomorrow? I would think the train down to Charlotte would sound just fine.
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
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Dola -- glad everyone seems OK.
EDIT: Shit. Too slow.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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I am amazed the river isn't on fire considering the plane was full of fuel.
And no, I am not kidding. |
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Location: homeless in NJ
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Burke, VA
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FWIW, Wolf Blitzer is the Worst. Interviewer. EVAR.
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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+1 {paraphrase of the bit that sent me out of the room earlier} "You mean there were young children and old people on the plane with you?" (as though this were something uncommon)
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Location: NYC
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#26 |
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
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THe airline will most likely offer them whatever transportation they choose. Trains, busses, rental cars, etc...
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Burke, VA
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Every question is a 5-sentence monstrosity, repetitive, and completely lacking of any insight. The story isn't about you, Wolf, so please STFU and let the guy who was *actually on the goddamned plane* do the talking.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
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I was impressed at how little damage there seemed to be to the aircraft, but a passenger they interviewed on MSNBC said the pilot made and "amazingly soft landing in the river". So if he did as well as this wold suggest the plane is probably intact, simply flooded. |
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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The beard does look a bit better nowadays. Back in the Gulf War days, he did bear some resemblance to an actual wolf.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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me too. I used to fly alot for work and everytime we were about to take off I would always get a little creeped out that there is about 12 inches of metal between me and death. |
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I was waiting for the guy just interviewed on CNN to say something along the lines of, "If Chuck Norris were onboard the birds would've stayed away."
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It's time for me to leave this thread if all that is going to be brought up is how fragile my life is at any given time.
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It sounds like the pilots did a phenomenal job staying cool and putting everyone in the best possible position given the circumstances. Glad to hear it.
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The plane looks kind of like a beagle in the water.
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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![]() Apparently a photo from twitter...
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Pilot was a former Air Force Fighter Jet Pilot. If there's a flight to be on that crashes, it's gotta be someone with that pedigree.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Black Hole
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I'm glad everyone's okay, but seriously I'd be trying to get to my checked bag that I paid $25.
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+2 Right down there with the 800 year old Larry King. Man those guys are awful. |
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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Terrorists trained the flock of geese to attack any passenger plane. This is another WOMD. Terrorists+ geese= the ![]() |
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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dola,
On a serious note, all passengers and crew seem to be ok, no casualties. |
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Location: Fresno, CA
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This is a pretty amazing story. The image of the passengers standing on the wings is stunning.
I heard a couple of interviews of passenger on NPR. They indicated that it all happened so fast, there wasn't too terribly much time to panic. There was a shudder, what sounded like an explosion, and then silence. The pilot put the plane into a gentle turn, and came over the loud speaker with three words "Brace for impact". Apparently he had his hands full performing a truly amazing and skillful landing. He should never again be allowed to pay for a drink in the presence of his fellow pilots. |
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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Sounds like a helluva job by the pilot. Very impressive.
With that said, that was not what I wanted to see on TV just a couple days before I'll be flying US Air, one of their planes downed in a river. I guess this is the ONE water landing that they are teaching you about when they give the emergency procedures. Oh yeah, I heard they were Canadian Geese. Blame Canada!!! When do we invade? ![]() |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Do you feel the same way before you get in a car, or cross the road, or go to sleep at night? Just saying that statistically, ya know... major airline travel (in first world countries at least) is pretty safe ![]() |
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