US Airways crashes into the Hudson river
 

Thank God everyone survived!! pretty darn scary

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/...iver_survivors

Props to the pilot who glided that plane in perfectly on water.

Birds 1... plane 0... Props to the pilot

damn, I wonder what was going through those people's mind when the plane was going down. Intense.

the bird strike must be intense

normally the engine is wayy powerful than the bird, unless the bird jammed the engine

must of been some big birds

https://www.sonshinecraft.com/catalo...es%20hello.jpg

Yeah, I wonder how many birds must've gone in the engine to totally kill both engines!

I've had some close calls at Boundary Bay... damn seagulls and eagles! Fuckin white-knuckle take-offs LOL.

:haha: I actually lol'd

Actually it's quite easy for a bird to damage an engine... :) It takes just 1 small bird and the engine goes poof.

I read somewhere that it was a flock of birds.

Yup, it was a flock but the chances of both engines failing is remarkable.

do the passengers get a 'golden pass' like in lost ? lol

props to pilot. im so surprised and happy nobody was hurt.

Props to the ferry boats that swarmed the plane and got everyone off so fast.
the rescue pics were amazing.
It's so rare for the plane to actually land intact into the water.
I mean the chances of this kind of accident happening with this survival rate is one in millions.

Wow, intense!
glad everyone got out ok. Props to the pilot indeed. He made sure everyone was out before he left.

man, the pilot deserves an award. it takes balls to stay calm and land the plane perfectly in water without anyone dieing.

Props to the pilots. Hopefully it won't be long 'til we see their work on Mayday? :D

incredible.

Here's what one bird can do....

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This can happen, usually just get a nice mess down the side of the plane and some paperwork to fill out :)

Props on a succesful ditch.

the said on CNN last night that it was a flock of canada geese. we all know how big they are... some expert the interview said launch a bunch of bowling balls into an engine under power and you get the idea of the damage it can do.

so...

canada geese = WMD

next thing you know homeland security will label all of canada terrorists because of this jk ;)

shit that must of been fucking scary

i wonder what's going through your head when you hear the pilot say "brace yourselves, we're going down hard"

madd skills =)

Most of the news these days are negative. It's actually pretty nice to have people calling the pilot a "HERO". We see soo many murderers, corporate criminals etc. It's nice to have a story about someone that saved people's lives.