US Air Flight down

[Rikter8]

Good that everybody is safe.

I keep Hearing that Damn Celine Dion song...imagining somebody spread out on the nose of that plane as it sinks....

 

[B_Nick8]

Your ability to politicize ANYTHING verges on the pathological.......

Roger that.

 

[faceking]

the figure that NBC gave was that within the past two years, 1.5 BILLION people have flown with no fatalities.

absurd... and it's the "bulk deaths" that seem to rile everyone up. more ppl die from the flu each year than airplane fatalities. however, indirect science shows SLSD (security line stress disorder) is the primary culprit for 40K cardiac arrests....

[disclosure: poster is "CLEAR" and thoroughly enjoys it at SFO and SJC]

 

[mindseye]

Your ability to politicize ANYTHING verges on the pathological.......

I agree. It was an insensitive contribution to a serious thread.

 

[goodwood]

i was on a flight, a puddle jumper plane from major city to less major city with an airport and the plane ran into/was hit by a damned candian goose. the plane was close to the airport for landing and the pilot was able to bring it down safely. but it was remarkably disconcerting.

 

[B_bi_mmf]

I thank not God but strictly the pilot and other people involved. And clearly there was also a measure of good luck following the initial very bad luck.

The rescue effort was absolutely amazing. the pilot and crew did an amazing job of landing the plane in the river, and evacuating everyone from the plane safely. not to mention the boats and ferrys that immediately came to the rescue. thank God a more cataclysmic disaster was avoided.

 

[BiItalianBro]

now that everybody's safe, i'll tell my joke:

rescue divers initially reported they had 5 fatalities, but they turned out to be mob hits.

hudson river....get it?

LMAO ROTFL :haha:

Yea, that was some amazing airmanship and thanks to everyone being on top of their game a major disaster was averted. I have new respect for the Airbus products...know in the industry as the Plastic Planes, for holding together under that kind of airframe stress.

 

[Gillette]

I didn't realize just how fast the boats responded. Four minutes from splashdown to rescue. New York was full of heroes that day!

YouTube - **NEW** Different US Airways crash caught on video! UNEDITED!

 

[D_Harry_Crax]

Did you catch Weekend Update on SNL last night? Since no one died, I suppose it was inevitable that a writer would come up with a joke about it. One of the lines could be rephrased as a typical riddle:

What does the U.S. Airways crash have in common with Top Gun?

A plane went down and Goose died.

 

[thadjock]

anybody want in on the pool of how soon there will be a lame cable movie about the crash? though i'm not sure how they'll turn a 5 min flight into a 90 min movie, they usually cast disaster movies with alot of unemployed d-listers so that will help the economy.

 

[nudeyorker]

anybody want in on the pool of how soon there will be a lame cable movie about the crash? though i'm not sure how they'll turn a 5 min flight into a 90 min movie, they usually cast disaster movies with alot of unemployed d-listers so that will help the economy.

Let us know the next time you are involved in a life or death situation? I'll check casting central, I'm sure Tori Spelling can play your part!

 

[Principessa]

Let us know the next time you are involved in a life or death situation? I'll check casting central, I'm sure Tori Spelling can play your part!

I want Angela Bassett to play me. I think they should use the guys from Confessions of a Teen Idol., as extras in the movie. :biggrin1:

 

[D_Bob_Crotchitch]

Let us know the next time you are involved in a life or death situation? I'll check casting central, I'm sure Tori Spelling can play your part!

:lmao: too funny.