Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure

Tech Support wrote in :

Just received the following from a long time very experienced pilot
friend of mine.

His comment about this one flight earned him a life time pay is a good
one.

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Great job by the Air Bus driver. As always, the media passed right on
over what he did that marked him as a REAL pilot :-) After he went
post impact and lost both fans, ATC gave him a clear corridor into
Teterboro. He had scant seconds to make the decision and he made the
right one. 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. The rest was just good flying.
You can always count on the media to miss the main point



Well, I thnk that decision got made for him! but yeah, it was all just
stick and rudder from that point on and I'm sure the guy would be the first
to say he just did what he had to. It'll be an interesting one to read
about, but it's basically the same scenario as deadsticking any airplane.
I think he'd also be the firts to point out that they were extraordinarily
lucky. none of this Is meant to detract in any way from the guy's
achievement, of course, but the media does talk so much BS with this sort
of thing. ..


Bertie

One of the things that helped him make that decision was that he had
hundreds, if not thousands of "dead stick landings" as a flight instructor,
glider.

Jim
CFIG






He had scant seconds to make the decision and he made the
right one. 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.

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!

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Kingfish writes:

Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson
after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but
can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked
a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok...

Bird strikes are a leading cause of engine failure. Jet engines don't
often fail all on their own.


You're a moron


Bertie

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Kingfish writes:

Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson
after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but
can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked
a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok...

Bird strikes are a leading cause of engine failure. Jet engines don't
often fail all on their own.


You're a moron


Bertie

Just like you.

"Maxwell" #$$9#@%%%.^^^ wrote in :


"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Kingfish writes:

Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson
after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but
can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked
a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok...

Bird strikes are a leading cause of engine failure. Jet engines don't
often fail all on their own.


You're a moron


Bertie

Just like you.



Bweawahwhahhw!

Bertie