The river offered the best possible option at the time: land on the water or drop in on an urban zone. He saved lives both onboard and on the ground...
--ryan -----Original Message----- Date: Friday, January 16, 2009 14:56:43 To: "Oi!Nutter!" <[email protected]> From: "Roger Howard" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Osx-nutters] Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger Is there *any* precedence for such a safe landing on water for a major commercial aircraft? I'd always heard that survivable water landings were quite rare and unusual for large aircraft... certainly in recent times the only crash landings on water I can recall were all devastating. I know small private aircraft can do it, though even then the damage is often extensive. Amazing, truly... -R _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
