US AIRWAYS Crash in the Hudson River

[foampositz]

Story developing, Live on the news... from NY to Charlotte, NC
Airbus in the Hudson River in NY ...

 

[nzachman]

Watching it now. You can still see the vertical stabilizer. All those boats (ahem...ships) got there quite quickly to help out.

 

[foampositz]

From CNBC - Flt 1549, LGA to Charlotte -
Plane hit a flock of geese shortly after takeoff...

And all those times you get on the plane, and ignore the safety speeches

 

[LazersGoPEWPEW]

Wow you can see the cockpit above the water. Interesting. Never seen anything like this.

 

[Kycntryboy]

repeat...btw looks like a spectacular ditch with the fact that it was intact.

 

[bubblehead]

...and ignore the safety speeches

People never cease to amaze me...

 

[C420sailor]

FDNY Manhattan reporting negative serious injuries at this time.

 

[Birdog8585]

I wanna shake that pilot's hand - got that beast ditched, intact, and everybody out safe - confirmed by fox news.

Winds at LGA 340/13 so he ditched downwind. Nice work sir!

 

[foampositz]

People never cease to amaze me...

haha, not me. I ask to sit in the exit row, but from my travel experience people are always sleeping

 

[ChunksJR]

Water must be cold...great TV shot of smart peeps standing on the wing. BZ to the crew.

 

[Immy]

Dumb question but how is the plane floating?

 

[ChunksJR]

Dumb question but how is the plane floating?

The same way a carrier floats...displaces more weight of water than the weight of the aircraft.

 

[ccnavyman]

Water looks cold. Good save though!

 

[usmarinemike]

Excellent pic...except that you can see New Jersey.

That water has to be cold.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Looks from the picture like the pilots are still in the cockpit