On Jan 15, 2009, at 5:18 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
> On 1/15/2009 4:01:48 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
>
> Man......those people onboard were extraordinarily fortunate, and
> that pilot
> amazingly good!
I was just thinking that suffering a multiple engine failure on
climbout from LaGuardia at too low an altitude to make it back to the
airport would leave very few survivable landing options other than the
Hudson, and ditching right by the 40th St pier was a really good call,
all things considered. Apparently the ferries from the ferry terminal
were on the scene quickly enough that most of the passengers didn't
even get wet (which was a good thing, as 40-ish degree water is a
recipe for pretty rapid hypothermia), and between the tugboats and
HYPD harbor patrol, the situation was under control pretty quickly.
Yeah, they freaked out half of Midtown, but all things considered,
amazingly good piloting and thinking outside the box. :) ("A good
landing is one you can walk away from. A great landing is one after
which they can use the plane again.")
It is vital to recognize situations you control through your own
resources and abilities, and situations you control only because
circumstances allow you to control them .. because the actions you
take may make those favorable circumstances unfavorable in the blink
of an eye. -- Me
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