Author Topic: A320 crashed, floating in the Hudson! (Read 30935 times)

Manedwolf · « **on:** January 15, 2009, 03:53:28 PM »

Holycrap. They DO float.

I never thought I'd see that. The passengers are being evac'ed, it's in the water right near the USS Intrepid!

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US Airways Plane Crashes Into Hudson River
NEW YORK (CBS) ―

A U.S. Airways airplane has crashed into the Hudson River, CBS 2 has learned. The plane appears to be in one piece and passengers are being evaucated by rescue teams.

Officials tell CBS 2 the airplane is Flight 1549, an Airbus 380 that took off from La Guardia Aiport. There are reports that there were about 60 people on board.

There is no word on injuries to passengers.

The plane is floating upright in the water near the USS Intrepid.

No details yet, but if it's one piece, that's a damned good ditching by the pilot, I would think?

Unisaw · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:03:46 PM »

There's no way it's an A380.

Prayers to the flight crew and passengers. I flew out of Newark last night and the temperatures in the area are frigid. I imagine exposure would be a real issue for the survivors of the crash.

Physics · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:04:28 PM »

It's on CNN right now. I see no survivors being evacuated, looks like all the doors are still shut. I am wondering how the hell they are going to get everyone off. Looks like there is a distinct possibility of everyone actually surviving.

Religious people amongst us, pray hard.

ETA: Maybe they evacuated already, they are interviewing someone who was on the plane now. FAA is saying they likely hit a bird.

Manedwolf · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:04:40 PM »

Correction, it's a 320. They just revised.

Tallpine · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:05:56 PM »

Quote from: Manedwolf on January 15, 2009, 04:04:40 PM

Correction, it's a 320. They just revised.

The computer probably malfunctioned

Manedwolf · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:07:32 PM »

I think they got them off. Look.

Those are the yellow lifejackets. Passengers.

Physics · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:09:36 PM »

Quote from: Manedwolf on January 15, 2009, 04:07:32 PM

I think they got them off. Look.

Good on them. Very good, something you don't hear about very often, people actually surviving these crashes.

Manedwolf · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:12:00 PM »

Honestly, whatever one might say about NYC, if you have to have something bad happen that involves sinking or fire, that's the best harbor to have it in. Their fireboat and tug crews are some of the best in the world, and react very quickly.

And from what I have heard, ditching a jet airliner in one piece is very hard to do. I hope the pilots are alright, because that seems pretty heroic to me.

crt360 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:24:38 PM »

Paging fly320s.

Manedwolf · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:29:51 PM »

News says that everyone is okay!

41magsnub · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:33:07 PM »

Quote from: crt360 on January 15, 2009, 04:24:38 PM

Paging fly320s.

He'll fill us in when he finishes drying off.

roo_ster · « **Reply #11 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:38:27 PM »

Type 'A' Passenger: "I'm not leaving without my laptop and the Powerpoint I completed last night!"

Marnoot · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:44:20 PM »

They're saying it was a bird strike to each engine. Some bad luck there, if that's the case, to suck one into each engine.

Manedwolf · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:50:47 PM »

I would like to see video of the actual landing. Witnesses said it was going very slow over the water, then nosed up slightly and dropped with a splash. Which would be a perfect pancake, stall to lose as much of that remaining speed as possible, best way to ditch.

Has anyone ditched an airliner so successfully in recent years?

Fly320s · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:06:02 PM »

I'm alive and dry. It wasn't me; not my company.

Maybe a flock of birds in both engines, but not one bird, unless it was a condor or pterodactyl.

Yep, lots of airlines have ditched successfully. Well, success is relative. Damn fine job in this case from what I can see.

Now you see why we brief you customers on emergency exits and lifejackets even when "flying over land."

I wonder if any of my coworkers were on that flight. We have lots of people that commute between NY and Charlotte.

Cromlech · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:08:46 PM »

Quote from: Unisaw on January 15, 2009, 04:03:46 PM

There's no way it's an A380.

An A380 landing in the Hudson would probably cause a Tsunami.

Standing Wolf · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:10:29 PM »

It was Bush's fault.

Manedwolf · « **Reply #17 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:11:13 PM »

Of course, having seen the surface of the Hudson, I'd think at times you could make a perfect wheels-down landing and taxi on it.

Fly320s · « **Reply #18 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:12:58 PM »

Yes, planes float. At least for a little while.

The Airbus 320 family (318, 319, 320, 321) have a ditching switch that closes all doors and vents that are below the waterline. I wonder if the crew had time to push it.

BryanP · « **Reply #19 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:27:30 PM »

Quote from: Marnoot on January 15, 2009, 04:44:20 PM

They're saying it was a bird strike to each engine. Some bad luck there, if that's the case, to suck one into each engine.

They must've flown through a flock of geese. Reports are that everyone is now off and safe.

Fly320s · « **Reply #20 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:34:09 PM »

Much like a moose bite, bird strikes can be nasty.

RadioFreeSeaLab · « **Reply #21 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:37:38 PM »

Reporting everyone got off alive. Seems to be only minor injuries. I'm no pilot, but it sure seems like the pilots did a kick ass job on this one.

Fly320s · « **Reply #22 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:38:10 PM »

Big planes float, too.

Manedwolf · « **Reply #23 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:44:32 PM »

Quote from: Fly320s on January 15, 2009, 05:38:10 PM

Big planes float, too.

I still think my favorite "plane in water" one is this...Forgot to shut it down, and it leaves! It throttles back up and starts heading for shore!

Go to about 4:12 when they're already in the boat. The plane decides to wander off under power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYhrpA0tmBQ

Tried to land on way too short a runway with a Citation.

RadioFreeSeaLab · « **Reply #24 on:** January 15, 2009, 05:45:49 PM »

CNN talking head just said "No word yet if a bird struck one engine, and the pilot shut down the second"

Anyone that dumb should be an organ donor for a living, not a new anchor.

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