US Air crash
01-15-2009, 01:48 PM
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01-15-2009, 01:50 PM
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01-15-2009, 01:51 PM
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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.
01-15-2009, 01:52 PM
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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.
01-15-2009, 01:53 PM
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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.
They are saying this guy is a hero.
Excellent job to all the crew, indeed. This is one for history for sure.
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01-15-2009, 01:55 PM
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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.
01-15-2009, 01:56 PM
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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
YouTube - Thomson 757 Birdstrike
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