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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson
after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok... |
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
On Jan 15, 4:01*pm, Kingfish wrote:
Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok... CNN is reporting all 135 on board got off the plane (and didn't get wet!) Apparently a flock of geese got in the way soon after takeoff, and both engines sucked in birds. Damn the luck... |
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
On Jan 15, 4:01*pm, Kingfish wrote:
Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok... If you go to http://www4.passur.com/lga.html and search to about 15:26pm, you'll see the ill-fated flight. He gets up to around 3400 feet, and then makes an immediate 180 trying to get back to La Guardia. Seeing that was impossible, he headed for the Hudson, and very nearly collided with a Eurocopter flying north at 1000 feet along the river. The copter pilot dodged out of the way, then circled back to where the plane hit the water. I'm absolutely astonished that plane didn't flip when it hit the water. They got real lucky today, as it's absolutely freezing up here right now. |
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
Kingfish writes:
Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok... Bird strikes are a leading cause of engine failure. Jet engines don't often fail all on their own. |
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
Guy Elden Jr writes:
I'm absolutely astonished that plane didn't flip when it hit the water. Why? |
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
Kingfish wrote:
CNN is reporting all 135 on board got off the plane (and didn't get wet!) Apparently a flock of geese got in the way soon after takeoff, and both engines sucked in birds. Damn the luck... Depends how you choose to view it. I'd say their luck was pretty damn good! |
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
"Shirl" wrote in message ... Kingfish wrote: CNN is reporting all 135 on board got off the plane (and didn't get wet!) Apparently a flock of geese got in the way soon after takeoff, and both engines sucked in birds. Damn the luck... Depends how you choose to view it. I'd say their luck was pretty damn good! Unless you're a goose than this was an atrocity. |
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Kingfish writes: Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok... Bird strikes are a leading cause of engine failure. Jet engines don't often fail all on their own. ....and right on queue the resident idiot chimes in. |
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
Guy Elden Jr writes:
I'm absolutely astonished that plane didn't flip when it hit the water. Witness said they held the nose up and that it looked like a normal landing only on water instead of a runway. Amazing job. |
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Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure
Shirl wrote:
Witness said they held the nose up and that it looked like a normal landing only on water instead of a runway. Surprise! |
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