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strangeirish
15/01/2009, 8:04 PM
135 on board...Reports (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7832191.stm) still coming in.
HarpoJoyce
15/01/2009, 8:16 PM
Not the first passenger airliner to go down soon after taking off from a New York airport. Although I think all others left JFK.

There was one that witnesses reported was struck from below over the Atlantic (1999?). A flight to Dominica which crashed into a residential area and an Air Egypt flight. I felt there was a problem in the area.
strangeirish
15/01/2009, 8:28 PM
Eyewitnesses are saying it may have hit a flock of geese. No fatalities reported so far. That would be miraculous.
John83
15/01/2009, 8:30 PM
...No fatalities reported so far. That would be miraculous.
No casualties reported so far - that includes injuries. It must have been a very smooth emergency landing.
strangeirish
15/01/2009, 8:32 PM
Some pics (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/US-Airways-plane-crashes-into-Hudson-River/ss/events/us/011509planehudson#photoViewer=/090115/photos_ts/2009_01_15t154955_450x268_us_crash_newyork)
OneRedArmy
15/01/2009, 9:01 PM
By all accounts the physics of landing on water is pretty much akin to landing (without landing gear) on a ploughed field.

What a pilot!
sligoman
15/01/2009, 9:07 PM
Crazy that there's very little injuries.

150 passengers (+5 staff) on board according to FAA, everyone off the plane and accounted for.
dfx-
15/01/2009, 9:45 PM
By all accounts the physics of landing on water is pretty much akin to landing (without landing gear) on a ploughed field.

What a pilot!

As Ethiopian Airways kindly illustrates..

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=zA5FMFVbVZ0
brianw82
15/01/2009, 10:23 PM
This is all over Sky News. There are probably dozens of Palestinians being slaughtered right now, but 135 White fat Americans are infinitely more important, I guess.
osarusan
15/01/2009, 10:35 PM
135 White fat Americans are infinitely more important
Whats your source for them being white and fat?
strangeirish
15/01/2009, 10:36 PM
This is all over Sky News. There are probably dozens of Palestinians being slaughtered right now, but 135 White fat Americans are infinitely more important, I guess.With a statement like that, is it unreasonable to assume that the operation of a remote control is beyond your comprehension?
passinginterest
15/01/2009, 10:38 PM
I think a plane landing in a River in one of the worlds busiest cities with all on board surviving and only minor injuries is pretty newsworthy regardless of what else is going on it the world.
Dodge
15/01/2009, 10:40 PM
I think a plane landing in a River in one of the worlds busiest cities with all on board surviving and only minor injuries is pretty newsworthy regardless of what else is going on it the world.

Absolutely, and it makes for great television

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=hudson+river+crash&d=taken-20090115-&ss=0&ct=0&w=all
Some good pics at the above link
jebus
15/01/2009, 10:44 PM
Bah, who cares about this nonsense when we have to choose between Ulrika, your one from Sugababes, some other one and that girl who thinks shes Irish to be evicted tomorrow night in Big Brother.

Bit of perspective is required people :mad:
NeilMcD
16/01/2009, 9:51 AM
Manhattan does really look like a big penis.
Aberdonian Stu
16/01/2009, 1:32 PM
The only injury I've reported is a leg fracture for one of the flight attendants.
SkStu
16/01/2009, 1:42 PM
The only injury I've reported is a leg fracture for one of the flight attendants.

that was nice of you. Hope shes alright.

seriously though, fair f*ckin play to the pilots on this one. The more i think about this the more impressive/lucky it seems!!!
Stuttgart88
16/01/2009, 1:43 PM
A girl I know was on it. Lucky her (in a way).
Aberdonian Stu
17/01/2009, 11:22 AM
that was nice of you. Hope shes alright.

Doh, meant to say 'seen reported'