Wow. One of my oldest good friends is a USAir pilot. I doubt he was at the controls because I think he's still flying 737s.
Years ago, we were on short final to Allegheny County Airport when a hawk suddenly was filling our windscreen. From the right seat, John had the nose down faster than I could react. It's no fun to have to dive like that when you're already that close to the ground, but he did a great job of getting us away from the bird and back on the normal approach. I've always taken the flight attendants' safety instructions seriously, but... wow... "In the unlikely event of a water landing..." won't sound the same again for a while. Nick On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:01 PM, John Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > a US Airways Airbus A320 went down in the Hudson River near the USS > Intrepid > after a bird strike > crippled the engines > > http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/us.airways.crash.2.909535.html > > john > you can't make this up maru > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
