amazing pic

[spanone]

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

1. That *is* amazing. What's the story behind it? Anyone?

Thanks for the update everyone. I wasted my afternoon watching Bubba Ho-Tep rather than staying on top of things. Oops.

[spanone]

4. plane down in hudson river

www.nytimes.com

[Fleshdancer]

6. It was the rescue from the plane that crashed into the Hudson today

Everyone did their job today and it shows. All passengers survived. :D

[cbayer]

7. Hit a flock of geese shortly after takeoff and lost both engines.

The pilot brought it down into the Hudson River. Amazing!

[Graybeard]

10. Commuter ferries rescued passengers.

There are ferries that run between Manhattan and NJ all day long. Within minutes they were at the scene rescuing passengers. Great work!

[Muttocracy]

24. threads in GD and LBN if you want to relive the panic, but all ends well. nt

[amerikat]

2. The pilot should get a medal.

Amazing.

[Zuiderelle]

8. He should get a job flying Airforce 1 and a huge pay raise.

[Fleshdancer]

12. HA! Now that's a great idea

This pilot deserves it.

[awoke_in_2003]

29. The flight attendants...

did a good job of keeping the passengers calm and orderly.

[Richard D]

27. Or a one year all expense paid vacation!

I'd need it after something like that.

[cbayer]

3. I am watching it on the tv and it is amazing.

This pilot deserves a lot of credit. It doesn't look like there was any loss of life and only minor injuries.

:toast:

[DinahMoeHum]

5. Yep, that was some seriously cool flying by the aircrew. . .

to ditch intact in the water and have everybody out safely.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[FreeJG]

9. they are saying birds flew into the engine.....

it happens but instead of one...they say two.

[awoke_in_2003]

30. And not small birds...

geese. It takes a lot of bird to take engines out that quickly.

[The Straight Story]

11. sci-fi channel will turn it into a shark movie, where you have drama

with people and plane for 1 hour and 55 minutes and 5 minutes of actual shark (probably an alien shark or one from a military lab) eating the plane (of course, the plane will have been brought down by terrorists who will get eaten by said sharks after they shoot a few people to make you hate them even more).

There, I wrote my first screen play for sci-fi, when do I get paid?

[spanone]

13. bwahahahaaaa

check's in the mail

[n2doc]

17. The hero in the story needs a catchy phrase

"Feeding Time!" Just as he (or she, if Jodie Foster/Sigourney Weaver/Angelina Jolie is cast) pushes the last terrorist into the shark infested water...(Cue inspirational music)

[The Straight Story]

18. "We're gonna need a bigger plane"

:rofl:

[Bobbie Jo]

21. I Am Sick of these MF'ing Geese on this MF'ing Plane!!

:-)

[BrklynLiberal]

14. Yes it is. The plane went down right near where The Intrepid is docked.

I believe that if it had to happen, it could not have been in a better place. Very smart pilot.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE50E7K420090115

The last three pics here show the Intrepid in the foreground.

[WI_DEM]

15. This is a day those passengers will never forget.

[spanone]

16. water temp in the 30's air temp 20 with 15 mph wind.....brrrrrrrrrr

[originalpckelly]

19. Looks like an episode of the Magic School Bus.

:crazy:

[Vadem]

20. Can someone tell me why this happens. Shouldn't there be a ...

screen of some sort on the outer edges of the jet engines to prevent geese from flying into the engines inside.

I am not a scientist nor a mechanical engineer, but, is this not a reasonable question?

[tridim]

25. Turbines need unrestricted airflow

Although geese tend to restrict airflow quite well by themselves.

I had a similar idea for the foam that falls off the space shuttle, just wrap the tank in a big nylon stocking. :)

[Sal Minella]

22. The plane's face is wearing a look of resigned consternation.

.....Clearly, I spend too much time on LOL cats.

[Voice for Peace]

28. !! you are right!

awww

[Rosa Luxemburg]

23. how many large planes have landed in water like that

without snapping in half or busting into flames! Airbus hurrah!

I've always wondered when flying if this is actually possible!

[awoke_in_2003]

31. The credit belongs to the pilot...

Airbus airframes are no stronger than Boeing. It took real skill to put it down like that. Had to pull the nose up hard to drop the tail into the water to bring down the speed as much as possible before the engines hit the water. Had he hit wrong, or at too high a speed, the fuselage could of breeched, and it would have sunk at a much higher rate. And as someone else brought up- the full fuel tanks (in the wings) added bouyancy.

[babylonsister]

26. Is there any footage of this plane 'landing'?

I was out and just heard about this. And that pic is amazing.