US Airways Airbus A320 crash lands into Hudson river

[Oberon]

Man of the hour: Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III

Profile: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7832642.stm

Ex-USAF apparently, a credit to his nation. I'm with Torplexed, give that man a medal!

Apparently he walked the plane twice to make sure everyone was off before leaving himself. Truely a knight of the skies. He's certainly one of my heroes now.

[Jimbuna]

~SALUTE~

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by TarJak

The main reason for no grille on the engines is that if anything does get stopped it would likely mess up the air intake and cause a loss of power anyway with no way to get rid of it whilst flying.

One of the main reasons is because the 'grille' would build up ice, the ice would eventually break off and get ingested.... not good.

I saw a film somewhere where they were testing the GE engines that hang from an airbus, they fired all kinds of crap into the engine. More water than could ever be possibly found in a rainstorm, big chunks of ice, and turkeys.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=12096296

The engines dont seem to have any trouble dealing with them.

But as they say stuff happens and it usually happens at the worst time (take off).

[GoldenRivet]

the golden rule of crashing an airplane....

When a crash seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity, as slowly and gently as possible.

looks like he managed to make that statement work.

as a side note... and as a former airline First Officer:

i wonder where his FO's name appears in the news... almost seems like this was a one man show.



http://www.mecca.org/~tschieff/AVIAT.../TheCopil.html

[Dread Knot]

US Air's stock is up 11 points this morning.

We need this pilot for president.

[GoldenRivet]

[quote=SteamWake]

Originally Posted by TarJak

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=12096296

The engines dont seem to have any trouble dealing with them.

But as they say stuff happens and it usually happens at the worst time (take off).

of course that appears to be a Rolls Royce, in brand new condition, on a factory test stand, in controlled laboratory settings. :hmm:

im sure the engine on this Airbus were like any other working girl in the US Airways fleet... high time engines, with a lot of general wear and tear.

but lets assume this is the case... and one of the birds managed to knock a fan blade loose...

not pretty

[Onkel Neal]

Wow, Obama hasn't even been sworn in yet and the miracles have already begun!


Just kidding, salute to the pilot and crew.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Wow, Obama hasn't even been sworn in yet and the miracles have already begun!


Just kidding, salute to the pilot and crew.

:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

[Enigma]

We can turn anything into a mocking of Obama around here, can't we.

Et Tu, Neal.....

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Dread Knot

US Air's stock is up 11 points this morning.

We need this pilot for president.

Well dont count your chickens just yet. Rest assured someone somewhere will start the lawsuits rolling.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Just kidding, salute to the pilot and crew.

And the aircraft, good european craftmanship.
Salute to the pilot, and the workers of Airbus.

Kidding too.

[Enigma]

And the aircraft, good european craftmanship.
Salute to the pilot, and the workers of Airbus.

No need to kid here. I agree with this sentiment %110!

[Biggles]

Now that's something you don't see everyday...

Kudos to the pilot(s?) One helluva job right there mates!

Are they already torturing the family of that bird...? You know, to get to the truth.