US Airways with 159 Passengers Crashes Into Hudson River - Everyone Survived

Superleggera · 16th January 2009, 04:41

All I can say is - this is a miracle. The Airbus A320 Crashes into Hudson river after being hit by a flock of birds in two engines. Everyone survived and taken off from the plane.

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aah78 · 16th January 2009, 04:53

Yep, couldn't miss that one - all over the news.

Thankfully it missed the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, the GW Bridge; and ofcourse landing anywhere in Manhattan or Jersey City would have been disastrous.

ps. It's pretty cold here, I wonder why the birds haven't migrated south yet.

kuttapan · 16th January 2009, 04:53

Good that there is lot of water around NY. Stupendous job by the pilot.

neoranjit · 16th January 2009, 05:02

Thankfully everyones safe. Else, they would have thought whom to blame

Xeno · 16th January 2009, 05:28

wow !

kudos to the pilots ! not even one fatality is amazing. The pilots should get a special recognition

Rocky_Balboa · 16th January 2009, 05:40

The flight didnt crash, it was a colossal effort by the pilot to land safely on water.
All the passengers and crew are safe, with minimal injuries. Hats-off to the pilot.

GTO · 16th January 2009, 12:05

Everybody on that plane has been gifted a second life, no two sides to that. Must have been the pilot's remarkable presence of mind. Well done!

emkay456 · 16th January 2009, 15:34

Later reports by CNN mentioned 2 birds flaming out one engine. In the event usually the airplane is capable of managing to fly on one engine. Why that did not happen, hopefully would be known after NTSB investigation. Is it possible that the pilot switched off the wrong engine instead of the hit engine leading to total power loss. Such incidents have happened in the past leading to catastrophic consequences. Anyway kudos to the pilot for execution of the emergency landing along with the calm manner in which the boats rescued the passengers in freezing water.

phamilyman · 16th January 2009, 16:40

Absolutely a miracle. That's exactly the prayers I used to have when flying weekly.

Though it makes the Gimli glider seem like a walk in the park!

ipkonfig · 16th January 2009, 18:36

Guys checkout Flickr Photo Download: Plane crash into Hudson River

Nitin · 16th January 2009, 22:05

Miracle,indeed. And a lot of experience + good thinking by the pilot.Thank God for the bird-hit happened 3 minutes into the flight..

nirmalts · 19th January 2009, 20:45

Some nice tips on How to survive an air crash

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16th January 2009, 04:41	#1
Superleggera BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kannur/Boston Posts: 531 Thanked: 816 Times View My Garage	US Airways with 159 Passengers Crashes Into Hudson River - Everyone Survived All I can say is - this is a miracle. The Airbus A320 Crashes into Hudson river after being hit by a flock of birds in two engines. Everyone survived and taken off from the plane. More news,pics and videos can be seen here : Last edited by Superleggera : 16th January 2009 at 04:43.
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16th January 2009, 04:53	#2
aah78 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NYC / BOM Posts: 4,662 Thanked: 3,258 Times View My Garage	Yep, couldn't miss that one - all over the news. Thankfully it missed the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, the GW Bridge; and ofcourse landing anywhere in Manhattan or Jersey City would have been disastrous. ps. It's pretty cold here, I wonder why the birds haven't migrated south yet. Last edited by aah78 : 16th January 2009 at 04:54.
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kuttapan Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,155 Thanked: 22 Times View My Garage	Good that there is lot of water around NY. Stupendous job by the pilot.
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neoranjit BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 588 Thanked: 195 Times View My Garage	Thankfully everyones safe. Else, they would have thought whom to blame
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Xeno BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ahmedabad Posts: 93 Thanked: 57 Times	wow ! kudos to the pilots ! not even one fatality is amazing. The pilots should get a special recognition
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16th January 2009, 05:40	#6
Rocky_Balboa BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Namma Bengalooru Posts: 676 Thanked: 358 Times View My Garage	The flight didnt crash, it was a colossal effort by the pilot to land safely on water. All the passengers and crew are safe, with minimal injuries. Hats-off to the pilot.
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16th January 2009, 12:05	#7
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,535 Thanked: 300,745 Times View My Garage	Everybody on that plane has been gifted a second life, no two sides to that. Must have been the pilot's remarkable presence of mind. Well done!
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16th January 2009, 15:34	#8
emkay456 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 388 Thanked: 7 Times	Later reports by CNN mentioned 2 birds flaming out one engine. In the event usually the airplane is capable of managing to fly on one engine. Why that did not happen, hopefully would be known after NTSB investigation. Is it possible that the pilot switched off the wrong engine instead of the hit engine leading to total power loss. Such incidents have happened in the past leading to catastrophic consequences. Anyway kudos to the pilot for execution of the emergency landing along with the calm manner in which the boats rescued the passengers in freezing water.
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16th January 2009, 16:40	#9
phamilyman Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 5,968 Thanked: 4,642 Times	Absolutely a miracle. That's exactly the prayers I used to have when flying weekly. Though it makes the Gimli glider seem like a walk in the park!
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ipkonfig BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 32 Thanked: 0 Times	Guys checkout Flickr Photo Download: Plane crash into Hudson River
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Nitin Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 3,294 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	Miracle,indeed. And a lot of experience + good thinking by the pilot.Thank God for the bird-hit happened 3 minutes into the flight..
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nirmalts BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stuttgart, Germ Posts: 252 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	Some nice tips on How to survive an air crash Nirmal
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