Team Adam's Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 US Airways jet lifted out of Hudson River Updated January 18, 2009 05:37 PM NEW YORK (Xinhua) -- A US Airways jumbo jet was slowly lifted out of the icy Hudson River late yesterday, three days after the A320 had made a successful "splash landing" that saved all 155 people on board. Television footage from the scene, near Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan, showed the right side of the Airbus with the intact engine but its covering was mangled. Work to recover the waterlogged jet was making "very good progress," Kitty Higgins of the National Transportation Safety Board told a press conference. The recovery effort was hampered by slush surrounding the aircraft and huge chunks of ice on a day with air temperature hovered around minus eight degrees Celsius. The aircraft was placed on a barge and will be taken to an undisclosed location in New Jersey for examination. The flight data and ****pit voice recorders, known as black boxes, remained on the plane. The flight bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, met "big, dark-brown birds" shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport on Thursday and both engines lost power. The flight crew decided to land on the Hudson, rather than back to LaGuardia or to the nearby smaller Teterboro Airport because the plane was flying "too low, too slow" and would have "catastrophic" consequences if things went wrong in a heavily populated area, said Kitty Higgins of the National Transportation Safety Board. The plane landed near a vessel so as to improve recovery after landing, but the pilots were not able to turn on the "ditching switch" to automatically seal off the aircraft in water, Higgins told a press conference on Saturday evening. The successful emergency landing and the ensuing rescue of all the 150 p***engers, three flight attendants and two pilots, were described as a "miracle on the Hudson" by New York State Governor David Paterson. Captain Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger has been hailed as a hero and received phone congratulations from US President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntrepidBus IV Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I like the censor filter. p***engers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzdimond Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 or ****pit? "Ever wonder why they call it a ****pit, Billy?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Pedal Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Being a fan of aviation, my hat goes off to the pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATOR CREW Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GXPaycheck Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Looks like Adam's next big project to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjwvette Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 If I were those people I would be running to the store to get a lottery ticket:willy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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