Airbus crashes into Hudson River

[Quadromarshia]

There's no articles to quote just yet, but just now a news report came on that said an Airbus of US Airways crashed in the Hudson River.

[Cpt. Funkaho]

Flight 1549, according to CNN.

[HunterGather]

Shit looks scary.
Hope everyone is ok!

[bleep]

US Airways flight 1549 from LaGuardia to Charlotte

[Quadromarshia]

Hopefully nobody died, there looks like there's a bunch of passengers floating by the plane.

[gaypalmsprings]

It hit a bird & was trying to return to LaGuardia.

[Quadromarshia]

What's up with all these plane crashes around the world lately?

[Cpt. Funkaho]

Hopefully nobody died, there looks like there's a bunch of passengers floating by the plane.

That's a nice thought, but my guess is that there will be deaths. How could there not be?

[CalmerThanYou]

ITS THE TERRORISTS!

THEY'RE TRYING TO TURN THE PLANE INTO A BOAT SO THEY CAN PIRATE LOOT FROM ALL THE VESSELS IN THE HUDSON RIVER AND HOLD THEM RANSOM FOR MONIES!

SILLY TERRORISTS! THATS A PLANE, NOT A BOAT!

[Sonicifyouwantit]

What's up with all these plane crashes around the world lately?

HAMAS

[gaypalmsprings]

It flew into a Flock of Seagulls.

[Quadromarshia]

HAMAS

How does mediterranian dip relate to plane crashes?

[Mr. Dylanja]

There's no articles to quote just yet, but just now a news report came on that said an Airbus of US Airways crashed in the Hudson River.

Shouldn't you be in chat?

[boarderwoozel3]

Thats what you get for buying Airbus. It's all about Boeing.

Good thing it made it to the river. We all know what can happen if that plane crashes in the city...

[Quadromarshia]

This is true.

[bleep]

my eyes are glued onto the TV screen. i want to see how they pull off extracting passengers from the plane.

[gaypalmsprings]

PETA will be upset with this.

[flowbee]

So far so good it would seem. On the bright side, this may mean we've reached our plane crash quota for the next few years and us Coachella travelers can fly with confidence.

[mindcradle]

Everybody survived thankfully.

Fuck the A320's, Fuck US Airways. I'm on that A320 at least twice a week, and would feel much more comfortable in anything but the Airbus

[SFChrissy]

What's up with all these plane crashes around the world lately?

shitty fabrication and workmanship...

[Cpt. Funkaho]

shitty fabrication and workmanship...

False. If it's anything mechanical, it's poor maintenance. However, an overwhelming majority of the time it's more simple: human error.

The DC-10 is the only passenger plane I'm aware of that had major safety flaws in its actual design.

[bleep]

captncrzy is w/ US Airways, correct? she must be busy, busy right now.

[Cpt. Funkaho]

Everybody survived thankfully.

Fuck the A320's, Fuck US Airways. I'm on that A320 at least twice a week, and would feel much more comfortable in anything but the Airbus

If everybody did indeed survive, that's impressive.

I don't understand blaming the plane OR the airline for a bird impact. How do you guard against that?

[tessalasset]

[Cpt. Funkaho]

That picture is awesome, Tessa. Those people (on the wing, I expect) look like they're giving Jesus a run for his money.

[tessalasset]

totally

[Cpt. Funkaho]

....is that James McElvoy in your avatar?

[CalmerThanYou]

Major kudos needs to be given to the pilot of this plane. How after being in the air for 3 minute he was able to land the plane, keep it intact, AND afloat is miraculous.

[captncrzy]

Some of you have no fucking idea what you are talking about.

A flock of geese took out both engines. Our pilot, who has thousands upon thousands of hours in the air and in training saved every single life on that plane. We are widely respected in the industry and with the FAA for having one of the most stringent maintenance policies and flight training programs in the world.

This has nothing to do with Airbus vs. Boeing. Airbuses are more environmentally friendly, more economical, and if you talk to most pilots-they'll tell you they prefer the Airbus over the Boeing.

Just because you read some horsehit opinon about which is safer or better constructed or whatever doesn't make you an expert, you stupid lurker asshole. If you don't feel safe on it, why on earth would you fly it? "Gee, I don't think it's safe to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, but it's the fastest way down to the water, so I may as well jump." Fucking dummy.

[PotVsKtl]

US Airways sucks geese dicks.