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Author Topic: Plane crash, not a joke.  (Read 2364 times)

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Plane crash, not a joke.
« on: 15 January 2009, 21:27:24 »
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« Reply #1 on: 15 January 2009, 21:30:01 »
Sems like they had a lucky escape,would have thought the temperature in the Hudson would be enough to kill you at this time of year. :o
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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #2 on: 15 January 2009, 21:55:58 »
Nasty, and a lucky escape.

One journalistic gem, though:
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Bird strikes disabled two of the plane's engines, officials said.

Two of the plane's two engines, in fact, hence the involvement of the Hudson river.

Would have been an entirely different story if that take-off had been from Heathrow. :o Still, let's build a 3rd runway anyway.

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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #3 on: 15 January 2009, 22:16:14 »
Probably the only reason they all survived was the pilots decision to go for the river.... so no impact destruction and no fire .... if they had hit terra firma with a full fuel load ..... :(

Nice one to the crew  :y :y :y :y
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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #4 on: 15 January 2009, 22:19:53 »
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Probably the only reason they all survived was the pilots decision to go for the river.... so no impact destruction and no fire .... if they had hit terra firma with a full fuel load ..... :(

Nice one to the crew  :y :y :y :y

Yep, some quick thinking under pressure there.

He must have done well to bleed most of his speed off before touching the water too, otherwise it would have broken up.

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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #5 on: 16 January 2009, 02:52:46 »
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Probably the only reason they all survived was the pilots decision to go for the river.... so no impact destruction and no fire .... if they had hit terra firma with a full fuel load ..... :(

Nice one to the crew  :y :y :y :y

Yep, some quick thinking under pressure there.

He must have done well to bleed most of his speed off before touching the water too, otherwise it would have broken up.

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Agree, top job  :y

Amazing to see the plane intact in the water, must have been a controlled, slow emergency landing.
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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #6 on: 16 January 2009, 08:27:36 »
Great job by the pilot...   :)  :y
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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #7 on: 16 January 2009, 08:51:32 »
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Probably the only reason they all survived was the pilots decision to go for the river.... so no impact destruction and no fire .... if they had hit terra firma with a full fuel load ..... :(

Nice one to the crew  :y :y :y :y

Spoke to my wife the 'trolly dolly' about this and in fact water ditching is the last option.  Statistically planes that attempt to crash land on water fare worse than those on terra firma.  I guess it was the lack of flat land that made the pilot choose to ditch on water.

Some very very lucky people and one very skilled pilot  :y

Also I bet people are paing more attention to the safety demo after this  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #8 on: 16 January 2009, 08:57:12 »
Spare a thought for the poor flock of geese !
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« Reply #9 on: 16 January 2009, 09:04:18 »
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Spare a thought for the poor flock of geese !

They wouldn`t feel a thing......only barely enough time to think; "WTF is that big white........?" ;)

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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #10 on: 16 January 2009, 09:30:13 »
I would imagine he will be dropping off his uniform pants at the dry cleaners as we speak !

What a landing though, if either wing had clipped the water it would have broken up for sure.
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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #11 on: 16 January 2009, 09:36:54 »
Just a reminder of how it could so easuily have gone.  :(

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ESJx5bJIP5o

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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #12 on: 16 January 2009, 09:50:24 »
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Just a reminder of how it could so easuily have gone.  :(

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ESJx5bJIP5o

Kevin

that was an uncontrolled landing of a hijacked plane as it had ran out of fuel
very different from what happened last night  but yes i would rather land landing gear down on something hard than in water.
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« Reply #13 on: 16 January 2009, 09:52:37 »
very lucky no one was injured  (5 animals died they were being transported in the hold and drowned)
anyone know how long  a plane will float for ?

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Re: Plane crash, not a joke.
« Reply #14 on: 16 January 2009, 10:13:38 »
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very lucky no one was injured  (5 animals died they were being transported in the hold and drowned)
anyone know how long  a plane will float for ?

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depends on the type of aircraft, amount of damage sustained to the fuselage, amount of fuel remaining, laden weight and the water conditions
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