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US Airways plane goes down in Hudson River
My Way News - : "NEW YORK (AP) - A US Airways plane has crashed into the Hudson River, sending passengers fleeing for safety in the frigid waters. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown says the US Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport enroute to Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday when the crash occured.
Brown says the plane, an Airbus 320, may have been hit by birds.
New York City firefighters are responding to the crash. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries.
Witness Barbara Sambriski, a researcher at The Associated Press, said, 'I just thought, 'Why is it so low?' And, splash, it hit the water.'"
UPDATE The Hero That Saved 150 lives, the man who shoudl become the NEW New Yprk Senator instead of the do nothing know nothing deadbeat heiress Carolyin Kennedy. We know one thing, nno Kennedy woulda walked the sinking plane twice to make sure no one was going to drown or go down with the ship beside he, a real hero.
We SALUTE
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
THIS MAN WALKED THE PLANE TWICE
to be sure everyone was off before he exited himself. A Real Hero
THIS MAN WALKED THE PLANE TWICEto be sure everyone was off before he exited himself. A Real Hero
Men Like This Make Obama look like the Metrosexual Zero he really is!!
This below comes from the man's own website, and thanks to Michelle Malkin for posting this information and hat tipping for the website. A man like this man should be leading our country, being our president, just look at the list of achievements of this real live hero. Unbelievable people like this walk amongst us mere mortals.
SRM Founder Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III is a captain for a major U.S. airline with over 40 years of flying experience. A former U.S. Air Force (USAF) fighter pilot, he has served as an instructor and Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) safety chairman, accident investigator and national technical committee member.
He has participated in several USAF and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident investigations. His ALPA safety work led to the development of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular. Working with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists, he coauthored a paper on error inducing contexts in aviation. He was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Crew Resource Management (CRM) course used at his airline and has taught the course to hundreds of his colleagues.
Sully is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (B.S.), Purdue University (M.S.) and the University of Northern Colorado (M.A.). He was a speaker on two panels at the High Reliability Organizations (HRO) 2007 International Conference in Deauville, France May 29-31, 2007. He has just been named a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.
This from The New York Post:
HERO PILOTS DISABLED PLANE TO SAFETY
- New York Post: "That's some pilot!
A US Airways plane that had just departed from La Guardia Airport with 155 people aboard made an astonishing controlled crash landing into the freezing Hudson River after hitting a flock of geese that disabled two of the aircraft's engines, authorities said."INTERACTIVE MAP: Follow The Plane's Flight
PHOTOS: Plane Crashes Into Hudson
Miraculously, there appeared to be no deaths of the passengers or five crew members, who were rescued by ferry boats after the cool-headed former Air Force fighter pilot steered the Airbus A320 down to the Hudson. There were 78 injuries reported.
It appears to be the first time that a large commercial jet liner ever has made a successful controlled landing into a body of water.
The pilot was identified as Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger of Danville, Calif., continued
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