US Airways flight crashes in New York

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US Airways flight 1549 from La Guardia to Charlotte crashed in the Hudson a short while ago.

I'm currently watching it on TV and the plane is still afloat, and it appears that all got off safely. Initial reports are that it was as a result of a bird strike.

Made my heart stop for a moment as my girlfriend is flying via New York today.
 
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Amazingly they are towing it to the shore by attaching a tug to it.

Appears everybody is safe.
 
No injuries either except being cold and wet which isnt good considering it is below zero there at the moment.

Hopefully it was a bird strick, as it would raise a lot of questions given that this is yet another incident with a A320
 
No injuries either except being cold and wet which isnt good considering it is below zero there at the moment.

It looks like the passengers and crew were able to stand on the wings, or transfer quickly to boats so hopefully were able to stay dry. It's currently about -10c in Boston and not much warmer in NYC so I really wouldn't fancy having to swim to shore in the Hudson.
 
NBC news reports a flock of geese were sucked into the engine and the pilot decided to return to LaGuardia, but decided to ditch the plane in the (shallow) Hudson instead and didn't put the landing gear down.

Seem the pilot(s) did very well with a controlled landing into the river ...
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NBC news report that a flock of geese were sucked into the engine and the pilot decided to return to LaGuardia, but decided to ditch the plane in the (shallow) Hudson instead and didn't put the landing gear down.

Seem the pilot(s) did very well with a controlled landing into the river ...
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ABC is reporting that he tried to get to Teterboro, which is a private airport near the Hudson in Jersey, but decided that he wouldn't make it and headed back to land on the Hudson. Amazing job.

Just watching some amazing footage of the passengers standing on the wings waiting to be taken off.
 
[update]Early reports were that the plane collided with a flock of birds, but the FAA has not confirmed that was the cause of the accident.[/update]
 
Amazing pictures/coverage. There are passengers that are walking ashore dry - completely dry. Not bad for a water landing? There are also reports that the pilot intentionaly landed near the ferry terminal to make rescue easier/quicker.

Absolutely amazing. I want him flying me anytime.

JB
 
Thank goodness all are safe......:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Yup..... great job by the flight crew! (make that CREW!) regardless of the cause you have to hand it to them.....
 
Well done to the pilot and a good result for all. It looks like the landing is close to the USS Interpid going by the pics!

The A320 seems to have an occasional attraction to water, the investigation will be interesting if a bird strike is not confirmed, lets wait and see!
 
Can planes of this size actually stay float, or was this case just luck that the water levels in that part of the Hudson just very shallow.
 
Can planes of this size actually stay float, or was this case just luck that the water levels in that part of the Hudson just very shallow.

Whether they float and how long till they sink is an important part of an aircrafts certification, with aircraft actually having to be certified as approved for ditching, such as that specified under FAR part 25 section 801

FAR Part § 25.801: [Emergency Provisions] - Ditching -- FAA FARS, 14 CFR

This is in relation to their operation and certification for flights over water strangely enough :mrgreen:

Section D probably answers your question:

"It must be shown that, under reasonably probable water conditions, the flotation time and trim of the airplane will allow the occupants to leave the airplane and enter the liferafts required by Sec. 25.1415. If compliance with this provision is shown by buoyancy and trim computations, appropriate allowances must be made for probable structural damage and leakage. If the airplane has fuel tanks (with fuel jettisoning provisions) that can reasonably be expected to withstand a ditching without leakage, the jettisonable volume of fuel may be considered as buoyancy volume."
 
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I believe this is the first successful water landing of a large airliner (with the obvious exception of aircraft like the Catalina!). It would appear the Captain has done a fantastic job.
 
I believe this is the first successful water landing of a large airliner (with the obvious exception of aircraft like the Catalina!). It would appear the Captain has done a fantastic job.

Thats something of an urban myth, surprise surprise it was a Russian aircraft that claims the honour depending on how you class the aircraft sizing:

ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 124 CCCP-45021 Neva River.

There was also a DC9 ex JFK in the late seventies that had two thirds of its pax survive, that number would have no doubt been higher if it were not for the large numbers of people standing on impact.

ALM Flight 980 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
There was also a Garuda 737 that ditched into a river after a double engine outage some years ago.
 
Thats something of an urban myth, surprise surprise it was a Russian aircraft that claims the honour depending on how you class the aircraft sizing:

ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 124 CCCP-45021 Neva River.

There was also a DC9 ex JFK in the late seventies that had two thirds of its pax survive, that number would have no doubt been higher if it were not for the large numbers of people standing on impact.

ALM Flight 980 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thanks for the info. I would consider the TU124 successful, but not the DC9 example. Seems the A320 may be the largest aircraft to undertake a successful (no fatality) water landing. Either way, a great result.
 
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