Animation of Hudson River Landing.....I was impressed. Pilots did everything right.
YouTube - Hudson River Plane Landing (US Airways 1549) Animation with Audio
YouTube - Hudson River Plane Landing (US Airways 1549) Animation with Audio
Pilots did everything right
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I think the pilots knew what they were going to do and ignored suggestions to look for an airport. As it turned out, they had just time enough to do exactly what they did. Bravo.
Bravo indeed!
A water landing, from my limited knowledge of flying, is an extremely difficult task to accomplish in a small plane, at best.
To do it in a commercial airliner, lose no one to boot!
Again...simply amazing. Awesome piloting.
And one can only imagine what would have happened had they chosen to look for an airport instead. How many lives(in the plane and on the ground) could have been lost?8O
That is why I could never be a pilot. The pressure and (potential) pitfalls that they face each and every time they take flight is immense. With a car, you can at least pull off to the side of the road. With a plane...where can you go?
Kudos to the pilots.
Thanks, Haz.
I think you both posted at the same time. I don't think she was slighting you, Gilbert.;-):smile:
Thanks for the video Juan - Capt. Sullenberger (?) had nerves of steel - no matter how many times they rehearsed the drill....
Why can't they come up with some kind of screening for birdstrikes on the turbines?
Would it compromise the engines? There seem to be so many accidents caused by birds....
I wonder if he is back flying yet.
Curio
Why can't they come up with some kind of screening for birdstrikes on the turbines?
Would it compromise the engines? There seem to be so many accidents caused by birds....
I wonder if he is back flying yet.
Curio
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Well, kinda partly true, the propellers themselves don't prevent the ingestion of birds, (or other debris, small dogs, cats and such). The design and positioning of the engine inlet on many larger modern turboprops puts it out of the line of fire, so to speak, of incoming beasties. In other words, the intake is not aligned with the actual engine inlet so the inertia of the bird, or whatever, allows it to bypass the engine entirely, and often exiting through a bypass door, (though not in the same healthy condition in which it entered). Even with older or smaller, and other modern large turboprops that don't employ this feature, the engine inlet is a much smaller target than that of a turbojet or turbofan and less likely to eat a large fowl dinner.
I don't know what drill they actually rehearsed, I sometimes think I worked for the only company that actually trained for a landing after a total power loss. It always came as a surprise, you had to identify that it was a multiple flameout, (not an electrical failure) there were memory actions to be completed, and the simulator was programmed so you could not get a relight and had to deadstick to a successful landing on the confines of the pavement you were aiming for, (BTW contrary to popular belief, commercial jetliners do glide quite well).
As for question one/two; a screen would never be strong enough, plus it would be highly conducive to icing, an even worse threat. There could be ways to deflect birds away from the engine, but no one has come up with anything practical yet, so we have to rely on the strength and integrity of titanium blades, these things can take a lot of abuse, but only to a point.
Wondering? Hell, if I had Million $$$ +++ book deals I'd hang up my wings in a New York minute.