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Mark Baber
Moderator
Username: mab
Post Number: 3227
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 10:52 pm: | 
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An Airbus A320 leaving New York's LaGuardia airport became disabled this afternoon after losing power in both engines after a reported bird strike. The plane ditched in the Hudson River, and all on board were rescued thanks in large part to a rapid response by New York Waterways' commuter ferries. For more details check out http://www.nytimes.com/, http://www.wcbs880.com/, http://www.nbcnewyork.com/ or other NYC news outlets.
For once, it seems, happy ferry news.
MAB
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OceanicSteamNavigationCo/
http://www.greatships.net/
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 24659
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 4:24 am: |
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>>For once, it seems, happy ferry news.<<
I welcome change since the ones I find out about tend to be the ones that sink. MSNBC has the story at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28678669/
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Mark Baber
Moderator
Username: mab
Post Number: 3231
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2009 - 12:51 am: |
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More about the ferries, from today's Star-Ledger.
MAB
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OceanicSteamNavigationCo/
http://www.greatships.net/
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Mark Baber
Moderator
Username: mab
Post Number: 3233
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 7:38 am: |
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There's some great surveillance camera video of the landing and the ferries' arrival on the NYT web site; look here.
MAB
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OceanicSteamNavigationCo/
http://www.greatships.net/
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 24730
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 7:45 am: |
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I caught some of that vidio on CNN. That aircrew displayed some superb airmanship!
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Linda Sherlock
Member
Username: marina
Post Number: 94
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 12:23 pm: |
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I gather the pilot was ex-U.S. Air Force and has 40 years flying experience. He certainly put all that expertise to good use. |
Dave Gittins
Member
Username: gittins
Post Number: 3974
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 7:43 pm: |
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An interesting detail is that the Airbus has a panic button. If you are going to land in the drink, you hit the button and all the little vents in the fuselage are closed, making it much more likely to float (if it holds together).
The great thing about the landing was that the wings were kept level and a ground loop was avoided. Top flying by a top gun!
Dave Gittins
Titanic: Monument and Warning.
http://users.senet.com.au/~gittins/Book.html
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 24740
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, January 19, 2009 - 3:20 am: |
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>>Top flying by a top gun!<<
And they apparently put down none too soon. The plane has been hoisted out of the water and there is quite a bit of fire damage. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28688215/ for the latest.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 24891
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 5:46 am: |
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From Newsday:
Maritime law could govern Flight 1549 crash suits
quote:Any possible lawsuits stemming from the crash of US Airways Flight 1549 are likely to pose numerous challenging legal questions, the most unique being whether cases can be brought under federal maritime law, lawyers said.
Manhattan maritime attorney John Hession, who handled the cases of many victims of the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash, said maritime law could apply because the Airbus A320 crash landed in the Hudson River.
More at http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-nymari0123,0,4440170.story
Comment: Have to say that this is an interesting twist. If you're wondering why it matters, let's just say it's all about the money.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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