"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Gary Drescher wrote:
I think the default emergency landing site when flying low near NYC is
the Hudson River. If there happens to be a clear area on the ground, as
there was in this case, then that's even better (especially for the
airplane). But at worst, you just having to make a water landing (with a
high likelihood of prompt rescue).

Only if you were over Manhattan (or perhaps parts of the Bronx).
There's a lot of real estate in the other boros that would require
you climbing over 1500 feet to get to the Hudson.

True. Most of my flying in that vicinity has been over the water to begin
with. I don't think I'd venture beyond gliding distance of the river unless
I'd determined in advance that I'd be within range of a suitable landing
spot at all times.

--Gary