amazinggg!! but must have one scary ride!

any one have the footage of the landing
Everywhere I see is just play the News report video

Very impressive and props to him for keeping to together and bringing everyone home to their families. The guy is a hero by definition of the word.

wow, shows planes r actually quite safe nowadays

^^^

yeah... they decided to make planes out of the same material as black boxes because those are indestructible! :rolleyes:

i herd he was a ex militarily pilot and that is how he could land the plan so good in the water with all his training and experience

Wow, first commercial flight ever ditched where everyone on board survived.

it for the pilot. it could've been a big disaster

Hmm, too bad... looks like nobody managed to get footage of the landing...

Actually engines are designed to sustain a bird strike. All modern turbofan engines have been tested to withstand a bird strike in order to get their certifications.

When a bird hits the fan blades, the fan blades are designed them through the bypass section (basically it goes through the most outward part of the engine, and not through the compressor core). After impact the damaged fan blades are still suitable for flight and the engine should perform fine. There might be more vibrations from the engine than usual.

In this case, its super rare to have engine failures let alone both engines fail from bird strikes. Birds got into the compressor core and the engines failed. I won't say bullshit regarding how it failed..because I don't know.. but this is a very rare circumstance.

Like I said before, in order for an engine to reach certification, it needs to withstand a bird strike, large ice intake, monsoon like storms, and loss of an engine blade in order to get their certification.

Canada geese attack US 747. Bush to attack Canada?

people mustve thought it was 911 all over again.

It was a flock of geese. Pretty big birds, last I checked. Big and stupid.

Nice find!

Win! Security camera footage of the landing...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f9d_1232215032

^very nice find.

I am still so unbelievably amazed at how the plan managed to stay intact. Can't wait until they do a full simulation on how it landed. Absolutely amazing.

Can't they design a screen mesh in front of turbine? like your mosquito screen or heater/radiator dish screen?

i woke up in the Hudson river in a sack

I'm assuming you would run into alot of icing troubles with a screen if they did that. I'm sure there is more reasons as well. Logical idea though.

wow, that was a close call

props to pilot

In simple terms, no. The reason is you would disrupt air flow.

Can't screen the air.

1) Airflow. That's a big engine that needs to breathe a lot of air in and out, and is designed to in a specific way.
2) Icing. Fast moving air at altitude = coooooold. Put a screen mesh with very small aperture openings and you'll have yourself a sheet of ice before the plane even hits cruising altitude.
3) You really think a simple screen will stop a 10-15kg bird from blasting through it at 150-170mph?

place automated lazer guns on in front of the engines to blast the damn birds away.

wow, everyone survived !?

they showed footage of the ditching from a nearby security camera on the tv news... but i can't find it posted online :confused: