"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
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"Kingfish" wrote in message
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On Jan 16, 11:20 am, Tech Support wrote:
Witness also said gear was down. If true, was bad decision.


I know what usually happens if a GA plane ditches with the gear down,
and only assume the same would happen to a big transport. After
hearing more about the pilot's background and experience I seriously
doubt he would make that kind of mistake. Witnesses are notoriously
unreliable, especially the casual observer, non-aviation type. At any
rate, the captain made the right decision when put in a tight spot.
The jet could have made it back to LGA on one engine easily enough,
losing both is a nightmare scenario.


That why you need to get as high as you can as fast as you can especially
in a populated area, altitiude is insurance.


Unless the following was photoshopped, gear was up.
To this layperson, looks like perfect nose-up pitch

http://abcnews.go.com/US/popup?id=66...t=false&page=2