Star Ranger4 Wrote:I was wondering where you were going with that Bob, till I happened to go up and shoot some darts and saw the CNN coverage... though they had the sound down. Just how DID that plane wind up in the Hudson???Laguardia airport, where the plane took off from, is sort of to the north and a bit east of Manhattan. It was a flight to South Carolina but the plane took off going north, so the pilot had to make a U-Turn after taking off anyway. Instead of trying to pull a powerless plane in for a very tight U-turn to go back to the field, he opted for a wider, safer turn and aimed for the Hudson, basically.
As for how they managed, well, the flight lucked out with the pilot. As the CBS radio news put it the day after, this was the guy you want piloting your plane when it has to crash-land. First-ranked pilot during his time in the military, a safety consultant on the side, a certified glider pilot for fun. Basically, the perfect pilot to do a perfect controlled crash.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.