US Airways plane crashes in the Hudson River

[rumeo]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/...plane_in_river

[a social dsease]

Holy crap! What the hell happened!?? At least it looks like the plane is intact, so hopefully nobody was seriously injured. I guess we'll have to wait and see how this plays out.

[szw]

Flock of Seagulls

[5000Audi]

Government officials do not believe the crash is related to terrorism.

haha yeah cuz the terroists made the birds fly in the engines...

[hampstor]

A US Airways plane crashed into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after striking a bird that disabled two engines

It says a bird - singular. One bird took out 2 engines??

[Gainsbarre]

Government officials do not believe the crash is related to terrorism.

Wow thank goodness, now I can sleep at night knowing that terrorists ( ) won't blow up the plane the next time I fly.

On a more serious note, the last time I flew US Airways was about 3 weeks ago (San Francisco to Calgary) -- there were no life vests under the seats as you were supposed to use your seat cushon for flotation (you know...save money on fuel costs by reducing the total weight of the aircraft by 40-50 pounds) At least in this case (when they were actually needed) the passengers look to have vests on in the photograph.

[CUG]

Bird strikes, we can send people to the fucking moon, but we can't stop a small bird from killing a huge turbine.

Hmm.

[torob]

Originally posted by hampstor


It says a bird - singular. One bird took out 2 engines??

"2 engines with 1 bird"

[Canmorite]

Watching it on Bloomberg. Reporter says it appears to be a successful emergency exit and everyone got off...

[szw]

Originally posted by torob


"2 engines with 1 bird"

The two birds in the bush are getting their revenge.

[hampstor]

Originally posted by torob


"2 engines with 1 bird"

I set it up for someone else to say it.

Glad to hear no one died tho!

[gretz]

Originally posted by szw
Flock of Seagulls

like this?

[rumeo]

cnn is saying that the only reason its still afloat is because of the air bubbles

glad to hear no one was hurt tho

[98type_r]

FAA says everyone made it out, I'm curious how many injuries there were... US Airways legal department is probably getting ready for a big lawsuit.

[supe]

Originally posted by Gainsbarre


Wow thank goodness, now I can sleep at night knowing that terrorists ( ) won't blow up the plane the next time I fly.

On a more serious note, the last time I flew US Airways was about 3 weeks ago (San Francisco to Calgary) -- there were no life vests under the seats as you were supposed to use your seat cushon for flotation (you know...save money on fuel costs by reducing the total weight of the aircraft by 40-50 pounds) At least in this case (when they were actually needed) the passengers look to have vests on in the photograph.

Yeah there was a ruling a while back that said if the plane doesnt go near water then there is no need for life vests.... makes sense... thats like putting a parachute in your car...

[Doozer]

Original article must've been edited, because I can't see anywhere that it says "one bird".

Doug Church, spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Union, said that the pilot reported a "double bird strike" about 30 to 45 seconds after takeoff and said he needed to return to LaGuardia.

[B17a]

Originally posted by supe


... thats like putting a parachute in your car...

Judging by the ricer spoilers out there, I'm sure some of those guys have chutes incase they hit 88mph and have liftoff!

[hampstor]

Originally posted by Doozer
Original article must've been edited, because I can't see anywhere that it says "one bird".

Ninja edit by them, it originally said:

A US Airways plane crashed into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after striking a bird that disabled two engines

[Eleanor]

I'm surprised it was LaGuardia and not JFK.

Isn't JFK right next to a bird sanctuary?

Also, don't engine manufacturers hurl chickens at their turbines to test for this kind of thing?

[hampstor]

Originally posted by Eleanor
I'm surprised it was LaGuardia and not JFK.

Isn't JFK right next to a bird sanctuary?

Also, don't engine manufacturers hurl chickens at their turbines to test for this kind of thing?

bahahaha that would be hilarious - however you can't even beat chickens (KFC incident) so launching them at turbines wouldnt fly with the activists.