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Old January 18th 09, 09:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure

Yep

No good place to belly in any place short of TEB.

He made the only good decission from facts available and Lady Luck
laid her hand on him and the rest of crew and all the passengers.

Big John
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:16:27 -0500, B A R R Y
wrote:

Tech Support wrote:
He looked at Teterboro, glanced at the altimeter, figured
the angles and did the math. He decided in that nano second that he
couldn't make Teterboro, and THAT decision made his entire salary for
a lifetime career.


Coming up short @ TEB would have been Ug-ly!