US Airways Jet crashes in Hudson River

[Notebook]

Just on BBC News.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7459669.stm

N.

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

See it on my living room television. It's been a long time since anything like that has crashed in the U.S. that I know of. I wasn't expecting that type.

 

[Bj]

Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available in your territory.

Britain's most-watched news channel, delivering breaking news and analysis all day, every day.
The BBC News channel is available in the UK only. Don't forget, to watch TV online as it's being broadcast, you still need a TV Licence.

...bummer

 

[Linguofreak]

"Not available in your area," says the video on the linked site.

 

[Notebook]

sorry bout that folks, its UK only. Must be on your national news now.

n.

 

[Urwumpe]

Reminds me on a similar accident...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90

 

[tblaxland]

"Not available in your area," says the video on the linked site.

Same here. Try this:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ns60S...dson river&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:off

 

[Linguofreak]

CNN has it. Link when IE stops giving me trouble.

EDIT: I'm not getting an address bar on the window that's opening, but there's a link to it on CNN's main page: www.cnn.com

 

[Urwumpe]

Update... According to Spiegel Online, all 126 people on board managed to leave the aircraft over the wing without anybody falling into the water. If this is true, the dangerous part is now over.

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,601567,00.html

Witnesses heard a loud bang inside the plane, during take-off and the pilot immediately descended and prepared the passengers for a splash down. What ever it was, it must have been serious enough to make the pilot choose ice-cold water over returning to La Guardia.

 

[Bj]

Reminds me on a similar accident...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90

The pilots failed to switch on the engines' internal anti-icing equipment, used reverse thrust in a snow storm prior to take-off, and failed to abort takeoff per FAA regulations, even after detecting a power problem while taxiing and visually identifying ice and snow buildup on the wings.

Those kind-of errors scare me, even though it is one out of how many, but still...


Edit;

This was under latest headlines;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7832191.stm

FAA said it might have been due to a bird strike

 

[Notebook]

BBC News reporting FAA as saying as every one has got off the aircraft.

N.

 

[T.Neo]

Saw this on the News. Did eveyone get off okay?

 

[Bj]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6656804&page=1

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6656804&page=1

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-plane-crash16-2009jan16,0,2620432.story

 

[Hielor]

Not even two days ago I was reading something talking about how flying is still the safest way to travel, and that there have been no fatalities in US commercial aviation in like two years. Glad to hear this didn't change that.

 

[Urwumpe]

Not even two days ago I was reading something talking about how flying is still the safest way to travel, and that there have been no fatalities in US commercial aviation in like two years. Glad to hear this didn't change that.

I don't know the details, but if it was a bird strike in the engine, it was a very good decision to go down there, where many ferries are around 24/7. If the pilot would have attempted to fly back, the aircraft would likely have stalled and crashed uncontrolled.

Does anybody know about the fate of the plane? How deep is the water where the plane crashed?

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

I think it's a very safe means of transportation. And I may get my first flight in a cessna or something not long from now and I'm not worried. As I always like to say, Even an innocent looking rubber duckie placed somewhere wrong can bring your life to a quick end.

 

[Bj]

I don't know the details, but if it was a bird strike in the engine, it was a very good decision to go down there, where many ferries are around 24/7. If the pilot would have attempted to fly back, the aircraft would likely have stalled and crashed uncontrolled.

Does anybody know about the fate of the plane? How deep is the water where the plane crashed?

Not sure how deep it is, but now everyone is out and no fatalities. Apparently both engines went out because of a flock of birds that flew into the plane. There was about 5 ferries that came by and helped with the rescue effort.

 

[Eagle]

Zero casualties, that's wonderful. Kudos to the pilots for keeping it in one piece.

I didn't expect it to float so well. Do you think she'll be salvaged and fly again?

 

[astrosammy]

That accident reminds me on a similar that I have in my YouTube favorites:

Poor birds...

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

I don't think it will be used again as I think aircraft alluminum having sustained such stress might not be fit for any further use. It'll likely be used for scrap.