US Air flight crashes in Hudson River

[MG1968]

a caller to a local Charlotte, NC radio station (WBT AM1110 FM99.3) last night between 9 and 10pm) said that his wife had been on flight 1549 two days prior and that flight had some issues as well. Passengers saw smoke and flames coming out of one of the engines and the crew told them that they were going to divert, but after running a series of diagnostics, the pilot came back and said that it was a compressor problem and that the flight would continue on to Charlotte.

same type of airplane too. Airbus A320.

 

[IPorange]

a caller to a local Charlotte, NC radio station (WBT AM1110 FM99.3) last night between 9 and 10pm) said that his wife had been on flight 1549 two days prior and that flight had some issues as well. Passengers saw smoke and flames coming out of one of the engines and the crew told them that they were going to divert, but after running a series of diagnostics, the pilot came back and said that it was a compressor problem and that the flight would continue on to Charlotte.

same type of airplane too. Airbus A320.

Hmm, I am skeptical that a plane would continue as usual when flames and smoke had come out of the engine for any length of time. Clearly something was combusting.

 

[OrangeWilly]

I served in the USAF for six years working exclusively with fighter and cargo type aircraft and what this pilot did was utterly amazing.

Bird strikes, much less geese, are devastating occurrence that happens far more than anyone ever hears about. We would routinely make trips up and down the runway shooting (blanks) at the birds that would sit on the strobes at the end of the runway.

If this plane in fact hit geese.....It may as well been cinder blocks at that speed.

Amazing, no fatalities. That pilot should be recognized by the president immediately.

 

[vader]

Tremondous effort from the Pilot and fight crew
simply awesome

I served in the USAF for six years working exclusively with fighter and cargo type aircraft and what this pilot did was utterly amazing.

Bird strikes, much less geese, are devastating occurrence that happens far more than anyone ever hears about. We would routinely make trips up and down the runway shooting (blanks) at the birds that would sit on the strobes at the end of the runway.

If this plane in fact hit geese.....It may as well been cinder blocks at that speed.

Amazing, no fatalities. That pilot should be recognized by the president immediately.

Absolutely agree. This guy should be recognized as the hero he is.

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

I believe it was reported that W was going to mention this in the speech last night. Did not get to see it. Did it happen?

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

Bueller?

 

[OrangeWilly]

anyone?

 

[volsgal03]

My sister was telling me about this incident on the way to work this morning, an amazing job by the pilot.

 

[True_Fan]

LiveLeak.com - Hudson Crash from Coast Guard Camera

Here's the Coast Guard video of the "landing" and rescue. The airplane doesn't come into view until the 2 minute mark so there's nothing going on before that time. The rest of the video which is 10 minutes long shows almost the entire rescue effort including the ferries. Someone is controlling the camera and picks up some really good close ups of the action...really phenomenal stuff...hmy:

 

[chatsworth_vol]

LiveLeak.com - Hudson Crash from Coast Guard Camera

Here's the Coast Guard video of the "landing" and rescue. The airplane doesn't come into view until the 2 minute mark so there's nothing going on before that time. The rest of the video which is 10 minutes long shows almost the entire rescue effort including the ferries. Someone is controlling the camera and picks up some really good close ups of the action...really phenomenal stuff...hmy:

WOW 4 minute from impact till the 1st ferry makes contact with the plane. That is amazing. Gotta give that boat's captain credit for moving some butt.

 

[MG1968]

Hmm, I am skeptical that a plane would continue as usual when flames and smoke had come out of the engine for any length of time. Clearly something was combusting.

here is further confirmation of what that caller to WBT in Charlotte said:

Passengers report scare on earlier US Airways Flight 1549 - CNN.com

John Hodock, another passenger on the Tuesday flight, said in an e-mail to CNN: "About 20 minutes after take-off, the plane had a series of compressor stalls on the right engine. There were several very loud bangs and fire coming out of the engine. The pilot at first told us that we were going to make an emergency landing, but after about five minutes, continued the flight to Charlotte."

In an interview, Hodock said the pilot "got on the intercom and said they were going to have to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport. But then, only five to 10 minutes later, the pilot came back on and said it was a stalled compressor and they were going to continue to Charlotte."

it's also been confirmed that the plane that crashed into the Hudson had the same tail number as the plane in the above story.

I'm not taking anything away from the pilot, but US Airways has a lot to answer for if it's determined that a bird strike wasn't the primary cause of both engines dying, especially in light of the incident two days prior.

 

[dan4vols]

The planes compliment was lucky to have such a s brave, well-expierienced pilot. This is the kind of man we need to make big decisions,.