1.15.2009

planes crashes in hudson river



this is insane....

via The Wall Street Journal

NEW YORK -- US Airways pilots executed a dramatic emergency landing Thursday on the Hudson River near midtown Manhattan, saving the lives of all 150 passengers and five crew members aboard Flight 1549.

The Airbus A320 twin-engine jetliner -- enroute to Charlotte, N.C. -- landed at 3:31 p.m., about five minutes after leaving LaGuardia Airport. The landing was the first time in 50 years of commercial jet travel that a large passenger aircraft made a water landing without fatalities, according to air-safety experts.

US Airways officials said Thursday it was too soon to determine the cause of the accident. The crew reported flying through a flock of geese, sucking them into both engines, said a person at the Federal Aviation Administration familiar with conversations between the flight crew and air-traffic controllers. The damaged engines continued to run but weren't generating enough power, he said.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Got to be scary shit ... great pilot though