Originally Posted By mele Not much news now other than more than about 150 stuck in the plane. No info on if there are casualties or injuries.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I am watching it on abc news... amazing the guy landed the plane on the river - and it was floating - with in a minute or two there was a water taxi there - within 10 min there is 5 or 6 fairies around it. They said they opened the door quickly and the passengers were on the wings and getting to the taxi's and fairies. Speculation is that it was a bird strike - They think it was a flock of birds.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<within 10 min there is 5 or 6 fairies around it.>> Tinkerbell and friends?
Originally Posted By beamerdog Here's a picture of 5 of them: <a href="http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/fairies5.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.webweaver.nu/clipar...s5.shtml</a> Sorry, gottaluv, I couldn't resist.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains It is still above water - the aviation people they are talking to is saying they pilot did a really good job of landing it on the water - and because it was a short flight they believe it wasn't full on fuel - so there is air in the tanks helping it float longer. They said the pilot did a perfect landing on the water - and obviously didn't damage the body of the plane. Robin Roberts saw it happen and said it was unreal.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Okay they are showing the passengers now that they are on land - many are waving at the camera's - <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_us/plane_in_river" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...in_river</a> The pilot reported 2 bird strikes.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda It's slipped under the water at this point. The pilot reported hitting a flock of birds and a "government official" has confirmed this. Amazing job of the flight crew getting the plane down as safely as it was. Hopefully no one was still on board when it slipped under. Actually, right now the tail is still above water, but the fuselage is under.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Actually I am watching live shots.. it's still above the water - even the left wing is up - they appear to be tying it off to tow it in. the nose is still above water - They sent some divers in to make sure it was empty -
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I saw a news report the other day saying something to the effect that no lives have been lost by american air carriers for the past two years, which is the longest record to date. Glad to hear that everyone is safe in this accident as well.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains They have reported that 1 crew member suffered what seems to be a minor cut. The right side is now sinking -
Originally Posted By DAR <<The pilot reported hitting a flock of birds >> Too bad it wasn't A Flock of Seagulls
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Too bad it wasn't A Flock of Seagulls< the hair gel alone would stop anything fromrunning really tho - kudo's to the pilot and crew- as well as the amazing rescue teams in NY- honestly they seem to be able to handle anything
