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afterburn81 01-15-2009 01:43 PM
Originally Posted by BoredwLife (Post 538387)
Seems like everyone got out alive!!!! Great job!!

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4...esdh/usair.jpg
Scientific proof an A320 will float when ditched correctly. What a bummer though.

dtfl 01-15-2009 01:48 PM
Originally Posted by texaspilot76 (Post 538504)
More like commuter wages, not commuter plane. Guess the Skybus effect is still here.
I sent this story out with pics (Twitter has some great ones from pax in the water!) and told folks to remember this when we reneg our contracts!!!

CactusCrew 01-15-2009 01:50 PM
Originally Posted by BoredwLife (Post 538497)
Just listened to Parker speak on the incident. Worthless POS, didn't say good job to the crew or anything.
And he looked like a bum ! Must of had happy hour at Lunch ...

Worthless POS about sums him up !


EXCELLENT job by the crew.

FlyGirl007 01-15-2009 01:51 PM
Originally Posted by texaspilot76 (Post 538454)
Maybe they will make a case to rescind the age 65 rule.
Funny thing you should mention that..... Someone on Fox News made the moronic comment that just recently the age 65 rule had been "raised" (someone should have done his homework first) and that that the public should be fortunate that we have those 68, 69+ year old pilots, with all that experience, flying these planes. This is only MY assumption, but I'm guessing that the reporter was implying that, because the landing was so successful, it had to have been an "older" pilot flying the plane.

forgot to bid 01-15-2009 01:51 PM
It looks like they got a lot of the flaps down before landing

reddog25 01-15-2009 01:52 PM
Originally Posted by iflyatnite (Post 538492)
Never flown an Airbus. Would these guys have been in manual reversion, or did they have hydraulics? Anyone?
Airbus A-318 thru A-380 are fly by wire. There is no 'manual reversion'. The hydraulic flight controls would still be powered by the blue hydraulics. I do believe this is the FIRST time an airplane with underwing engines sucessfully ditched. KUDOS to Airbus flight laws that prevent the airplane from stalling, ensuring the airplane was able to land at the slowest possible speed.

UnlimitedAkro 01-15-2009 01:53 PM
CNN released the Capt's name: Capt C.B. Sullenburger. Pardon my spelling if it is incorrect.

They are saying this guy is a hero.

Excellent job to all the crew, indeed. This is one for history for sure.

mjb00123 01-15-2009 01:55 PM
Originally Posted by INAV8OR (Post 538528)
I am sure the crew did wonderful, however, to play Devils Advocate. How often have you heard of a bird strike causing one engine to flame out, let alone two? According to Flight Aware, the aircraft made it to 3200 feet, possible on one engine. Perhaps, maybe I am reaching, during all the confusion one of the guys shutdown the wrong engine, I know this has happend before. I hope that is not what happend, but stranger things have happend.
Yes your reaching!Get A LIFE! The crew are Heros!!!

cessna157 01-15-2009 01:56 PM
Here's a video of basically what happened to this plane. This is a fairly popular video of a Thompson Fly 757 take one into the engine just during rotation. Obviously this is just 1 engine, not both.

YouTube - Thomson 757 Birdstrike

JoeyMeatballs 01-15-2009 01:57 PM
geez everyone is praising "THE PILOT", when did US Air become a single pilot operation


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