"...we may end up in the Hudson."

Byrnzie
Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited February 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Air traffic control's conversations with the pilot of the US Airways plane which landed in the Hudson River:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2 ... -recording
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    i watched it last night... he remains so calm its unreal!!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    I think maybe that's going to give me some perspective the next time I start to get irritated because somebody cuts me off in traffic or some everyday thing like that.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    What a great man. For him to admit to being privately nervous during the crisis, in spite of his outwardly exemplary and unprecedented professionalism in gliding the plane down, just emphasises his true heroism.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,783
    It's a credit to his training and focus on the situation at hand. This guy is a TRUE professional. I understand he is also a glider pilot.

    My brother is a fire chief for The US DoD. prior to that he was a fire fighter in the USAF. When he was still in AF , he was on flight line watch , when an F-16(?) crashed right in front of him. Told me he was scared shitless, but was calm and cool in radioing it in. He also was the scene commander when that B-2 bomber crashed on Guam last year.

    He was off that day playing golf when the B-2 went down on takeoff. The guys in front off him were yelling that he had to go. After a minute or two, he turned around to see the 500 foot high plume of smoke and fire. Drove to the scene in a GOLF CART!!!!!! 6-8 hours fighting the fire , B-2 was a total loss.1st time in 20 plus years one crashed. they found out later it was moisture on a sensor fed the wrong info to the onboard computer, which in turn gave the wrong signals to the rest of the plane.

    No loss of life and I think the only injury was a civilian firefighter acting in a support role he twisted/sprained his knee.
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  • Hi!
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    edited November 2018
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-saved-155-lives-on-the-hudson-now-lets-vote-for-leaders-wholl-protect-us-all/2018/10/29/554fd0e6-d87c-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html

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