GLC Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 Can I book this pilot for my hols? he killed a flock of birds
Smudge Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 That water has to be very cold, I'm 350 miles south of there and its just below freezing here. I guess he must have landed in some shallows since the plane hasn't sunk. Must be full of fuel too, no time to dump it. Everyone must have thought , "here we go again" when they saw it coming in so low.
Monk Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 It looks like a quality piece of flying from the pilot. When the flight attendants do the flight safety talk I always think 'what's the point' as if you could ever land a large jet on water. I guess it helps that they wouldn't have been going very fast and it is also pretty calm water in comparison to the open ocean. Lucky he had the power to avoid the city though! I wonder if the pilot has his sea plane license?
Smudge Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 On second thoughts if the wings are full, and oil being less dense than water, so perhaps kept it afloat
Maybes Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 Played. Its pleasing but strange to hear how it managed to land on water and everyone survived.
GLC Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 think of the splash! it would be like being at a water park
sdb Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 stuff like this scares the crap out of me, and i'm flying in 5 days. not ideal.
davieG Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 stuff like this scares the crap out of me, and i'm flying in 5 days. not ideal. These things are a rarity so as there's just been an incident you could argue the chances of something else happening so soon is even more unlikely.
Jordan Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 This has been on all the NY TV networks for a few hours and live coverage just stopped. It was a flight from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, NC but I think most flights from LGA start off heading north.. The wind was coming from the northwest, so the pilots used this to their advantage by turning against the wind to slow down the plane and soften the landing a bit. Those pilots are definitely going to get some sort of medal from Mayor Bloomberg. ...and it's fooking cold; right now it's about -10C here and I don't think it was any warmer, if at all, earlier. Rescue boats and even the ferries got there almost immediately and it's good that they did because I don't think anybody on that plane felt like going for a little swim today. I think 10 or so passengers are being checked out at the hospital but everybody seems fine. There was even one dude celebrating and doing a little dance when he was being led to the rescue boat edit: stuff like this scares the crap out of me, and i'm flying in 5 days. not ideal. Based on incidents per mile traveled, you're less likely to die or get injured in a plane crash than you are when traveling in a car So sit back, relax, enjoy the flight, and try to kick some game with the flight attendants.
Fox You Forest Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 I thought this was going to be about the Giants because they certainly crashed. -------- Seriously though fair play to the pilot and crew.
RAFRUDY Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 The reason it floated for so long is because as the flight time to it's destination was only supposed to be short,the plane wasnt carrying much fuel in the wings, creating a large pocket of air in the wing fuel tanks which aided it's bouyancy. Well done to the pilot!
Jordan Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 I thought this was going to be about the Giants because they certainly crashed. That's a horrible, below-the-belt insult. I retaliate by cursing you to a lifetime of barren harvests and unsuccessful hunts. And they didn't crash; it was more like running out of gas and stalling in the middle of the road 50 miles from home without AA membership (or AAA over here.) The reason it floated for so long is because as the flight time to it's destination was only supposed to be short,the plane wasnt carrying much fuel in the wings, creating a large pocket of air in the wing fuel tanks which aided it's bouyancy.Well done to the pilot! Shall I assume you know a little more than me and most of the rest of FoxesTalk about this whole aviation thing?
ozleicester Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 It looks like a quality piece of flying from the pilot. When the flight attendants do the flight safety talk I always think 'what's the point' as if you could ever land a large jet on water. I guess it helps that they wouldn't have been going very fast and it is also pretty calm water in comparison to the open ocean. Lucky he had the power to avoid the city though! I wonder if the pilot has his sea plane license? just think of them all standing on the wings..blowing those little whistles, thank god for the whistles
DB11 Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/15/new.york....rash/index.html
sdb Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 These things are a rarity so as there's just been an incident you could argue the chances of something else happening so soon is even more unlikely. yes davieG!!
Jimmy2Drags Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 This guy's a proper hero.....some aviation expert on BBC said if the plane had been tilted a few degrees in any direction, it would have either exploded or snapped & sank. Sign him up NP
Collymore Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 These things are a rarity so as there's just been an incident you could argue the chances of something else happening so soon is even more unlikely. yeah but it does happen a lot in New York though, not taking into account the twin towers they've had: One of the worst plane crashes in American history, but because it happened only 2 months after 9/11, no one really remembers it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_587 and then that baseball player who flew in to a building. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_New_York_City_plane_crash ...and yesterdays
GLC Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 yeah but it does happen a lot in New York though, not taking into account the twin towers they've had:One of the worst plane crashes in American history, but because it happened only 2 months after 9/11, no one really remembers it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_587 and then that baseball player who flew in to a building. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_New_York_City_plane_crash ...and yesterdays i forgot about that, glad everyone is ok though
Simi Posted 16 January 2009 Posted 16 January 2009 My sister's best mate is out there at the moment and has just been on the news as one of the eye-witnesses. Crazy stuff.
purpleronnie Posted 17 January 2009 Posted 17 January 2009 My sister is flying to New York next month...Friday the 13th in fact.
StanSP Posted 17 January 2009 Posted 17 January 2009 My sister is flying to New York next month...Friday the 13th in fact. You might want to get her to call you as soon as she lands . I'm not that suspicious myself, but hope she gets there okay. Hope anyone flying that day gets to destinations safely . I just read about the AA 587 flight though. Unbelievable coincidences on there.
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