Sully's 60 Minutes Interview
02-09-2009 | 01:19 PM
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Think of the best quarterback of all times..... who were his linemen?
Jonas Salk invented a polio vaccine..... who drew the blood and did the testing?
Neil Armstrong was the first person to set food on the moon.... who invented the heat shield that kept him from burning up on re-entry? (I know this one, it was my father)
Who were the captains of the ferries that arrived in under three minutes to render aid?
The truth is most people want one "hero". Let the people have what they want. Get over it. Everyone who understands the operation of an airliner knows it was a CREW that made this flight a "successful failure."
It seems that most of the people who are complaining about the "I"ness of Captain Sullenburger are the same people who got "Participation Awards" for finishing in last place.
Jonas Salk invented a polio vaccine..... who drew the blood and did the testing?
Neil Armstrong was the first person to set food on the moon.... who invented the heat shield that kept him from burning up on re-entry? (I know this one, it was my father)
Who were the captains of the ferries that arrived in under three minutes to render aid?
The truth is most people want one "hero". Let the people have what they want. Get over it. Everyone who understands the operation of an airliner knows it was a CREW that made this flight a "successful failure."
It seems that most of the people who are complaining about the "I"ness of Captain Sullenburger are the same people who got "Participation Awards" for finishing in last place.
02-09-2009 | 01:32 PM
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Here is one source that only lists four ditchings.
Jet Airliner Ditching Events
another... Emergency landing
it says...
The following figures show survival rates for passengers and crew:
*Tuninter Air, Flt. 1153, August 6, 2005, of the coast of Sicily, 39 occupants, 23 survivors, 59% survival rate
*Aeroflot Tupolev 124 ditching in Neva river, October, 1963, 52 occupants, 52 survivors, narrowly missed a tugboat which sped to plane, cast a line and towed it to shallow waters, where the occupants were deboarded onto tug. 100% survival rate
*ALM DC9, May 2, 1970, the Caribbean, 63 occupants, 40 survivors, 63% survival rate
*Ethiopian Air Lines 767, November 23, 1996, off the Comoros Islands, 175 occupants, 45 survivors, 26% survival rate
*Miami Air Lease Convair CV-340, December 4, 2004, Mall lake, Florida, 2 occupants, 2 survivors, 100% survival rate
*Northwest Orient Airlines Flt. 2, Boeing Stratocruiser, April 2, 1956, ditched in the 430 feet Puget Sound, 38 passengers, all survived the ditching but 5 could not recover the freezing waters, 87% survival rate.
*Pan Am Flt. 943 Boeing Stratocruiser "Sovereign of the Skies", October 16, 1956, in the Pacific between Honolulu and San Francisco, 30 passengers and crew, 30 survivors, 100% survival rate
Though not a passenger plane, still relevant - Columbian AF C 130 Hercules, October 1982, en route between the Azores and Bermuda stayed afloat for two days.
Until now, there has never been an instance of a passenger plane water ditching in which there have not been any survivors
*Tuninter Air, Flt. 1153, August 6, 2005, of the coast of Sicily, 39 occupants, 23 survivors, 59% survival rate
*Aeroflot Tupolev 124 ditching in Neva river, October, 1963, 52 occupants, 52 survivors, narrowly missed a tugboat which sped to plane, cast a line and towed it to shallow waters, where the occupants were deboarded onto tug. 100% survival rate
*ALM DC9, May 2, 1970, the Caribbean, 63 occupants, 40 survivors, 63% survival rate
*Ethiopian Air Lines 767, November 23, 1996, off the Comoros Islands, 175 occupants, 45 survivors, 26% survival rate
*Miami Air Lease Convair CV-340, December 4, 2004, Mall lake, Florida, 2 occupants, 2 survivors, 100% survival rate
*Northwest Orient Airlines Flt. 2, Boeing Stratocruiser, April 2, 1956, ditched in the 430 feet Puget Sound, 38 passengers, all survived the ditching but 5 could not recover the freezing waters, 87% survival rate.
*Pan Am Flt. 943 Boeing Stratocruiser "Sovereign of the Skies", October 16, 1956, in the Pacific between Honolulu and San Francisco, 30 passengers and crew, 30 survivors, 100% survival rate
Though not a passenger plane, still relevant - Columbian AF C 130 Hercules, October 1982, en route between the Azores and Bermuda stayed afloat for two days.
Until now, there has never been an instance of a passenger plane water ditching in which there have not been any survivors
02-09-2009 | 02:03 PM
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If what you say is true then I'll assume they manually deployed the RAT just in case. Prudent move in a time compressed situation.
Lee
02-09-2009 | 02:46 PM
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By the end of that segment, I was thinking, "gee what was the F/O doing during all this "I,I,I" stuff.............sitting on his hands and begging Sully to save him ?
02-09-2009 | 04:25 PM
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02-09-2009 | 04:32 PM
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I was told that both engines rolled back but did not flame out and did not respond to movement of the thrust levers.
02-09-2009 | 04:33 PM
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