anyone heard anything?
― 69, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
CNN has this:
US Airways flight 1549 goes down in Hudson River
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
bird strike, apparently
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, not DC --> NY
― 69, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
took off from LGA
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numSlides of totalImages A U.S. Airways airplane has crashed into the Hudson River, CBS 2 has learned. The plane appears to be in one piece and passengers are being evaucated by rescue teams.
Officials tell CBS 2 the airplane is Flight 1549, an Airbus 380 that took off from La Guardia Aiport. There are reports that there were about 60 people on board.
There is no word on injuries to passengers.
The plane is floating upright in the water near the USS Intrepid.
― velko, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
NY Times:
Watercraft are converging on a USAirways plane that is half-submerged in the Hudson River off the West 50’s of Manhattan.According to Channel 4 television news, the plane apparently took off from LaGuardia Airport and was bound for Charlotte, N.C. and had 146 passengers and 5 crew members. The plane, according to the news report, may have hit a flock of birds. The pilot tried to return to the airport when the plane fell into the Hudson.Television reports show several ferry boats right around where the plane is mostly submerged in the water.One witness interviewed by Channel 4 said he saw the plane decending steadily without its landing gear down.
According to Channel 4 television news, the plane apparently took off from LaGuardia Airport and was bound for Charlotte, N.C. and had 146 passengers and 5 crew members. The plane, according to the news report, may have hit a flock of birds. The pilot tried to return to the airport when the plane fell into the Hudson.
Television reports show several ferry boats right around where the plane is mostly submerged in the water.
One witness interviewed by Channel 4 said he saw the plane decending steadily without its landing gear down.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
the water is very very cold.
― Zeno, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
srsly
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can you imagine?
Here's a dumb question: How deep is the Hudson?
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, if you dont believe me, check out for yourself
― Zeno, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh damn!
― carne asada, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
zeno, are you liveblogging from the crashsite?
― cutty, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
It just dipped below.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol dont worry people just walked out the wings onto waiting ferries
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Alternate ending to The Dark Knight
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
lucky people
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
That is just super fucked up.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
...that got onto the wings first, i mean
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
its still a lil above water btw - im watching ny1
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
MSNBC is saying its all the way under.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
pilot gets props for a nice landing
― carne asada, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Chinatown bus roolz
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
dude i can see it on the tv
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
how buoyant is an african swallow airbus A320
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I honestly can't recall the last time I saw any geese -- Canadian or otherwise -- flyin' around Manhattan, but fuck do i know.
http://static.10gen.com/alleyinsider.com/~~/f?id=496fa35630b7d980006b4519&maxX=600&maxY=800
― YGS, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
so you are saying it is terrorists or aliens, then?
― cutty, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow!
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw i hate these little planes and have wondered abt hitting flocks of birds before
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
all the channels im on dont show a plane so i think it's submerged
― Cocktor Dassantino (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
should have took that thing down on the westside hwy
― carne asada, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
it was a Charlotte-bound flight
MSNBC appears to be wrong, unless CNN and NY1's video is old
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw how the fuck would a FLOCK OF BRDS take down a plane?
― Cocktor Dassantino (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is like one of those things that they always prepare you for before takeoff and people are like, lol whatever this never happens
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
ny1 is showing the nose of the plane still above water it says "live"
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
^omg yeah xp
― Cocktor Dassantino (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
an A320 is not a little plane
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
MSNBC wrong?? SURELY YOU JEST, SIR!
Who knows -- it's one of those news events where people are just blathering on to fill up air-time until actual statistics come in.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
if they are sucked into the engine, very easily.
xpost
― Ed, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
cnn, fox news, msnbc, cnbc all show (don't show) it submerged
― Cocktor Dassantino (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
the nose and tail of the plane are still above water, but the view may be obstructed by boats
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
if things were so fucked that the pilot couldn't get to newark or back to lga, then it's a pretty good job putting it down in the river rather than in manhattan
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
eye witness is saying the plane landed just like it would on a runway except ON THE WATER
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
i hope everyones ok! it would suck to be the single fatality
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
they teach the flight attendants Ditching procedure, if they are well trained, and the plane didnt get unerwatewr till now, most people should be saved
― Zeno, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
the nose is hard to see cause its surrounded by boats
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
"it would suck to be the single fatality"
― Cocktor Dassantino (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
The current live shot on MSNBC is now too far back to tell. Whatevs. I just see boats at this point.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah cnn is circling something, prob the plane
― Cocktor Dassantino (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
waht is life expectancy in water when the air temp is 20 F
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
i would not be surprised if ny1s feed was late cause lol ny1
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
water temp is about 42 F
they're all on the ferry drinking hot choglits by now
― cutty, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
someone on abc is saying the plane has been towed??
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol @ omar little, that's always me: "Yeah, 'water landing' my ass!"
― ^likes tilt-a-whirls (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's some landing, wow
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
really want to do obv. variation on "good luck usa" but too soon
― velko, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
no fatalities reported
"zeno, are you liveblogging from the crashsite?
― cutty, 20:58 יום חמישי 15 ינואר 2009 (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink"
― Zeno, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Those people are very lucky. Thank fuck.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well done the pilot on the landing
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol r u livebloggin from the bible?
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
here is a breaking news clip of the crash
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
mookie beat me to it
― velko, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
cnn is interviewing a passenger btw guys
― Cocktor Dassantino (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
pilot deserves a beer.
― collardio gelatinous, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
i study that shit every time i get on a plane
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ^likes tilt-a-whirls (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
i always lol at that shit like yah right water landing more like WATERY DEATH - learn something new everyday
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I don't want to use the word "lucky," but this sounds like some pretty top-north disaster-avoidance! If your plane's faltering over NYC, you can't ask for better than a smooth landing on a rare bit of water with loads and loads of boats, ferries, and emergency services waiting nearby.
― nabisco, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
have to settle for this
― velko, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is why i hate planes
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
i remember seeing some footage of a passenger jet doing a water landing and basically breaking in two and i guess half the people on that plane died so i always assumed that was some best case scenario kind of thing
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
a reporter for ny1 is saying he saw the plane all on fire flying above the bronx
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
hahahaahhaaha
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
my dad hit a bird once with the family car -- u are safe nowhere my friend
― goole, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
how is this dude talking in complete sentences right now though, amazing
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg the reporter took video of the plane on fire
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw it is still not underwater
it is being towed
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
planes are made out of sponges, usually
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.whenbirdsattack.com/wba/
― velko, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
"why don't they make the whole plane out of that" etc
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
plane was bound for charlotte and everyone survived officially now
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice
"too soon," but someone needs to make a mashup of Airplane and Winged Migration
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
"WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY"
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
first class gets the first boat
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
^_^ (xp)
you figure there'll be a video soon, right?
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
"boat"
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
the government is now saying the birds are not terrorists
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
When you fly Southwest, say from Little Rock to Dallas, the stewardesses like to get all cutsey and say things like "Should we have an emergency water landing, say IN EAST TEXAS WHERE IT'S DRY AS A BONE..." and all the passengers laugh.
Well, who's laughing today.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
supposedly there's video taken from washington heights of the plane going down with flames coming out of one of the engines.
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
the heights got the fire.
― carne asada, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ice cr?m, Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:06 PM (16 minutes ago)
this is true btw!!
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
i feel like it was LOUD tho
"Are we going to crash?""Nah. We're just going to land the plane like we would on a runway except the pilot's going to do it ON THE WATER."
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
"I feel better already."
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
what did u see it schef
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol my office is on the river and it crashed a few blocks north of us O_o
we've got enormous windows and a 360 huge view of everything so we just been watching the evacuation and the plane kinda sinking and then not sinking.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
WOW dude
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
a couple ppl in window offices were like OH NO A PLANE IS GOING TO HIT ME AAAAGGGGH which was a little over-reactive, but that caught ppl's attention to go look at this so i have to thank them really.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
irl lol
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
shouldn't they have been working instead of looking out the window
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
like how did they know it was coming
the boats are kinda blockin things now tho so i went back to working but no one else is doing this so i might go back to staring.
xpost i wonder that too, mookieproof
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
lonely managers just thinkin baout stuff
every office building in nyc now has a designated "plane watcher"
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
if it was loud, i slept through it!
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:16 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
drivers are advised to avoid the west side highway fyi
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol it is a MESS on the highway and the vicinity right now.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
this whole event is putting hipsters in perspective for me...thinking about what's important...
― jelky (jergins), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
wonder if there were any hipsters aboard
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
if it just took off i guess it wasn't going too fast cause i heard water landings in a jumbo jet are pretty much bullshit
where is tombot with my science
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
you know what an emo guy is? a hipster who's been in a water landing.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
US Airways is so NOT a hipster airline
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, it couldn't have been very high up at all either since it just took off from lga
xpost dr morbius i'm shaking my head at you
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
"It was scary as shit"--Jeff
^^ real talk
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
hipsters don't fly usairwaysha xpost
― velko, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
i heard water landings in a jumbo jet are pretty much bullshit
well obviously not
― Super Cub, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
omar thread mvp at this point btw
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
the ny1 lady just said upon hearing that the plane maybe only hit A bird "if one bird can cause so much damage god help us..."
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is such crazy shit. i'm also one of those people who's like "c'mon, if we crash into the water we're all going to die, i don't need to pay attention to this evacuation stuff"
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm kinda bummed that the anchors on NBC feel like they have to excuse Jeff for saying something like "It was scary as shit" because ooo FCC curse words children, etc
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
schef as long as yr not singing Toto's "Africa"
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, bush IS still in charge and his folks @ the FCC go apeshit over naughty words
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
radio reports people being treated for exposure, not hypothermia
is the thing definitely being towed or just floating downstream?
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
apparently the ny1 one guy who took footage of the flaming plane above the bronx was AT THE ZOO
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol this angel dude
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
zoo york amirite
theres def a cable connecting a boat and the plane cant be sure it being towed tho
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/USA1549
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
this plane is going to appear on craigslist. "slight water damage."
― Super Cub, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Your life-jacket can be found under your seat, but please do not remove it now. In fact, do not bother to look for it at all. In the event of a landing on water, an unprecedented miracle will have occurred, because in the history of aviation the number of wide-bodied aircraft that have made successful landings on water is zero. This aircraft is equipped with inflatable slides that detach to form life rafts, not that it makes any difference. Please remove high-heeled shoes before using the slides. We might as well add that space helmets and anti-gravity belts should also be removed, since even to mention the use of the slides as rafts is to enter the realm of science fiction.
The Economist, 7 September 06
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
"if one bird can cause so much damage god help us..."
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
ny1 is reporting some people were all o no this is starting to feel like 9/11
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE1549/history/20090115/2026Z/KLGA/KLGA/tracklog
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
who the fuck is at a zoo on a thursday is the real question here AND DON'T SAY PPL WHO WORK THERE
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Arrived over an hour ago"
orly
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Super Cub, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha
Woah. If you're gonna be in a crash, be in the one with all survivors. O_o
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
statistically, don't think there have been many fatalities from planned plane ditching
did anyone die here?
― cozwn, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Apparently everyone was rescued.
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
OMG @ ARRIVED AN HOUR AGO
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
he was maybe covering a story abt a baby tiger or whatnot?? xp
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha, wow
Aircraft Airbus A320 (twin-jet) (A320/Q)Origin La Guardia (KLGA)Destination La Guardia (KLGA) Other flights between these airportsRoute BIGGY J75 GVE LYH SUDSY3 (Decode)Date Thursday, Jan 15, 2009Duration 6 minutesStatus Arrived over an hour ago (track log)
xp
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
par for the course for US Airways o_O
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Origin La Guardia (KLGA)Destination La Guardia (KLGA)
― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, if you're gonna be in a plane crash you want to be ditching into water
― cozwn, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
A320 is not a wide-body fwiw
― YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS (dan m), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Destination Hudson (HUD)
― Super Cub, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
wau at the altitude readings in the tracklog
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol @ the altitude column
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
obv ditching /= crashing
Duration 6 minutes
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Does the airline compensate people's lost laptops?
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
oic
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^crashing, not ditching
― cozwn, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
why are they calling the flight "diverted"
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
"diverted...into the river lol"
FWIW I've been to the Bronx Zoo on a Thursday U_U
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
GET A JOB
― Super Cub, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
(kidding)
jmod r u a hipster?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
U_U
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I work in "media"
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
the people on that plane are gonna drink like motherfuckers tonight
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is this plane floating?
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
now that's it all over and the people are saved. "Won't someone PLEASE think of the birds!"
― ❤ⓛⓞⓥⓔ❤ (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
the people on that plane are gonna drinking like motherfuckers tonight
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
or the fish
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
pigeons are space kittens.
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
also maybe buying sex from an fancy prostitute
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can't wait to watch President's speech tonight with picture-in-picture of a plane floating in the Hudson beside him.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Super Cub, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
this shit is going to cut in to 30 rock, innit?
how the hell am i going to get home
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol the helicopter cameraman on the abcnews video can't find the crash site and keeps zooming in random boats in the water
― mark cl, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
what is hipster runoff's take on the emerging news?
― cozwn, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm interested in finding out what the bird was thinking...
"Oh it's no big deal... I can ma--"
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:52 PM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/14/flying.car/index.html
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bush on an ordinary day funnier than Tina Fey's entire career
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
― derelict, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
what about paying a visit to your ex-coworkers?!?
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
or this:
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
an eye witness is bragging abt how he told his fellow passengers "not to panic" - pffft fuckin herb
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
sorry a passenger on the plane not an eye witness
lol i was gonna say, easy for him to say
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
A+ this thread
― mark cl, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like the idea about just some dude at the javitz or something screaming across the river "DON'T PANIC, JUST DON'T PANIC"
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol yelling at the plane - how did YOU help ally
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
so how does this not happen all the time? do they track or check for bird migrations, or just cross their fingers on take off & landing?
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
they def do stuff to keep birds away from airports
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
DON'T PANIC
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kitten Birds!
i didn't help but otoh i'm not on ny1
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
at least not for this
you should be!
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
one time i called ny1 to complain abt my plane being on the tarmac for 9 hours and then never taking off - fyi it was featured on ny1
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was not on ny1 tho cause i went home to sleep :/
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is DEF going to interrupt 30 rock
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm so glad you made it off that plane xp
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe i will walk down tehre and go look for ny1
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
ny1 is an amzing channel i dont know why i dont watch it more - i especially like the show where they read the paper
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
tell them you saw a flock of birds intentionally veer into the plane. "it's like they tried to crash it."
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
an eye witness is bragging abt how he told his fellow passengers "not to panic"
― snoball, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
we don't get NY1 in NJ ... i have to be @ work to see it ;_;
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
"hospital - 4 passengers being treated for hypothermia"
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
it stands for New York 1
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Update: Reports are that the plane is being towed to Chelsea Piers. And the plane was scheduled to head to Seattle after Charlotte. And a caller told NBC New York, "I saw it hit the river. It just came crashing down into the river. I was wondering why it came down so low; there's no airport around here."
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
granted, i dont know shit about engineering but is there no way in 09 to make sure that if a bird gets near an engine it isn't able to go inside? there can't be a screen over the engine or something? idk this just seems preventable in this day i'd think
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's true, there are no airports anywhere within a 100 mile radius of the hudson river, i don't know why you're questioning that you bx zoo hipster
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
fyi there are some pretty choice ny1 jokes on how i met your mother
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
you ever put one of those wire things over your drain to catch the shit that comes out of your pots? yeah it wouldn't work
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
a friend of mine just told me that he took this flight a lot when he used to go to school in carolina...yikes
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i hope when they get the train to chelsea piers they figure out some way to turn it into a sporting arena for indoor hipsters, maybe it can have a giant shuffleboard installed inside.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kudos to the pilot. And kudos to the NY Waterways ferry guys- seems like it went down right across from the big pier 70whatever ferry terminal and they were all over it really quickly.
We can only see the east river from my office but everyone was looking out our west windows anyway.
As noted, the water temp is a bit higher, but not too long. I've had hypothermia in 50 F water, and it happens much faster than you think. Also at the time you don't realize it because your brain slows down so much. Hard to describe, like taking too much decongestant, you think super slowly and just really have no ability to move your arms or anything.
― lyra, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
LIVE tonight on the hudson:
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
is that why he's on at 8 tonite?
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
i see what you did ther.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
just as an FYI, birds are "kings" of the sky, and we have to defer to their wishes, and right now most of the birds are pretty staunchly anti-regulation--who knows what will happen after this
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
mike score caused the plane to crash?!?
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
i guess he was pissed that he couldn't find any sad clown porn in NYC or something
Gothamist: Update 5:11 p.m.: Coast Guard says about 60 passengers were in the water when they were rescued.http://gothamist.com/2009/01/15/plane_crash_in_hudson.php
did they get the rescue slides life rafts deployed? in photos i saw the front rafts at least... 160ish people is a lot of people to cram onto the wings and into the front rafts.
― lyra, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
all yr airplanes r belong to us
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
no full-size airliner could survive a landing on water fwiw, and none has, this plane was just small enough
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/tonyblog/?p=8935
^^^ boats eventually obscured view as you can see here, i don't see why they had to get in the way like that
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
also, are they gonna send in the police divers to save ppls stuff
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
A bird or several birds entered engines on both sides of the plane, or a “double bird” in the jargon of safety workers. It is not clear where the plane hit the birds.
RIGHT IN THE FUCKING FACE, NEW YORK TIMES.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't see why they had to get in the way like that
Weren't they picking up folks from the wings of the plane?
― lyra, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's over your head, I know
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
a “double bird” in the jargon of safety workers
― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol they are finally showing the ny1 zoo footage and u cannot see any flames coming out the plane what bullshit
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
has anyone consulted shaq's twitter to see what he has to say about the incident?
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
(xpost) So they were (gasp) lying! I've never heard of NY1 before this thread, but it's nice to know that bullshit TV news reporting happens elsewhere besides ITN.
― snoball, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
I met a twitterer from twitter nation n da apple store n denver, im buyin headphones about 21 hours ago from txt
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
you can add flames to gifs, or so i hear, if you need to see flames
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
blingee fire
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Bernie macs last movie soul man is the funniest movie ever, im watchn it now n denver about 18 hours ago from txt"
:\
hopefully the response to this incident will be measured, i'm fearful that fox news and the like will start calling for more bird extinctions.
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
aw lil guy
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
are they gonna pull this thing into the wfc marina?
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
chelsea piers dude
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
knowing all you NYC hipsters, that plane will be a nightclub in Chelsea by next week
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
we already have a plane bar
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
or had, at least
http://www.birdstrike.org/commlink/signif.htm
maybe turn it into a literacy center since you guys don't know how to read
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i already told you, they should turn it into a shuffleboard
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
u guys dont fight jeez here ill release some more birds to crash another plane ok
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay i will meet your demands al icey
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
who is fighting, i think there is room for both literacy and shuffleboard you know
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
8 April 2008. Shortly after departure, a Challenger 600 suffered multiple, large bird strikes (American white pelicans) at 3,000 feet AGL. One bird penetrated the nose area just below the windshield and continued through the forward cockpit bulkhead. Bird remains were sprayed throughout the cockpit. No injuries reported. Both engines ingested at least 1 bird. The #1 engine had fan damage: the #2 engine lost power and had a dented inlet lip. ID by Smithsonian, Division of Birds. NTSB investigated. Cost exceeded $2 million.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
no don't get the terrorist mad, he will release his Big Bird
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
jesus xp
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait--pelicans?!
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Initial findings suggest that the chances of a successful dirty bird attack are about 10–40%.
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
BIRDS
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
the crash was near 14th street, xp
omg they are interviews=ing some horrible shithead who opened with and i quote "you know living here post 9/1 on the upper west..."
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
9/11 obv
― snoball, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
who knew pelicans can roll at 3,000 feet
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
― disco is the reason (daria-g), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Y79LFAG4Fo&hl=en&fs=1";></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Y79LFAG4Fo&hl=en&fs=1"; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
now hes bragging abt how he saw it first and some other people all asked him omg is that a plane and he was yah duh its a plane where have u been then he took a picture w/his phone
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
whoops
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y79LFAG4Fo
haha guys CNN says that the pilot goes by SULLY
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
GULLY more like it
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
tru
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
apparently plane was ordered to teterboro? which would make sense for something coming off of Runway 4 at LGA.
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
to be fair, I think that if anything really really changed on 9/11, it is what would immediately run through the heads of New Yorkers if they saw a plane descending dramatically low right next to Manhattan
― nabisco, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
BLOOMBERG LIVE
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
bloomberg just shhushed everyone
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
in an encore appearance today, lol
now i'm bored with this
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
yah mee too i want a burrito but its too cold outside
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
dude just call and have them bring a burrito to you -- this is what i normally do
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
well lol actually i make someone else call and just get in on that order
BBC News 24 has just captioned Senator Schumer as "Mark Hughes, Manchester City manager" and Mayor Bloomberg as "Joe Kinnear, Newcastle manager"
― ailsa, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
gah bloomberg u r the lamest guy in the world fu
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
the burrito i want wont come to me :( i could get a diff one i guess
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
there are decent enchiladas that will come to you but it's not the same thing :(
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
yah the calexico enchiladas i believe we have discussed them they are good
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
that picture is the literal embodiment of O_O
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
you should not go to the burritos/enchiladas, let them come to you
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
pelicans at 3,000 feet is nothing; Egyptian Geese have been recorded at TWELVE MILES up in the air
that is practically in space btw
a sad day for ornithologists everywhere ;_;
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
ugh lady u r an idiot re: terrorism question
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
4 posterity
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
route: BIGGY J75
― shook pwns (omar little), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
plane is at BPC
― banned substance (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
i didnt know lj was a bird enthusiast
― ﾞ（ﾟ､ ｡ ７ (cankles), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
All-New Ornithology Thread
lol that sorta makes me like him
― ﾞ（ﾟ､ ｡ ７ (cankles), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Umm James I think an important point of comparison there is that flight 961 didn't turn out nearly as well
― nabisco, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol britishes
― How can there be male ladybugs? (Laurel), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Looking to get right back into it after finishing college. Got the new updated bird guide and all.
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Because they've changed the design of all the birds since the first one?
― snoball, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
gotta find out what new birds are coming out in '09
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh, so it's like playing Madden then?
― snoball, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
climate change has effected so many range alterations since 1993, you wouldn't believe
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, good timing:
Airbus is preparing to offer incoming US president Barack Obama a special A380 superjumbo to replace the ageing Air Force One Boeing 747 jumbo jet, it emerged today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/15/airbus-obama-380-superjumbo
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha, was just coming to post that!
― ailsa, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
this was not an A380. not that the type of the plane or the manufacturer was relevant in this accident.
― banned substance (gabbneb), Friday, 16 January 2009 00:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^ inside job btw
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 16 January 2009 01:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
this med student dork on CNN is making me embarrassed
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 16 January 2009 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Smoking Gun has the Captain's resume. Let's just say that if you're on an airplane and anything goes wrong, this is the guy you want.http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0115093hero1.html
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
pilot described in the daily news as a "stud" and a "rock star" by police source:
Yeah essentially that is what i want a pilot to look like.
― the ref (ed hochuli ha ha) (call all destroyer), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
pilot described in the daily news as a "stud" and a "rock star" by police source
i could see him playing a keytar in a bar band somewhere ...
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
michelle malkin posted this story on her site and commenters were basically thanking God he didn't lose his pilot's license to affirmative action, zinging him for being a visiting scholar at berkeley, and saying 'god wasn't his co-pilot, god today took flying lessons from him.'
― shook pwns (omar little), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you go to http://www4.passur.com/lga.html and search to about 15:26pm, you'll see the flight. He gets up to around 3400 feet, and then makes an immediate 180 trying to get back to La Guardia. Seeing that was impossible, he headed for the Hudson, and very nearly collided with a Eurocopter flying north at 1000 feet along the river. The copter pilot dodged out of the way, then circled back to where the plane hit the water.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
sully's cell prefix is 925, making him a bay area resident
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
feel kinda bad for the birds...
― henry s, Friday, 16 January 2009 04:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Godsquad invading comments boards everywhere Thanking Him for saving these people and helping the pilot. Would have saved Him a lot of bother if He had just moved the birds out of the way.
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 16 January 2009 09:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
he must've been feeling especially good about gay sex yesterday
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 January 2009 09:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have the today show on and apparently this is the only thing that happened yesterday
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
ya i mean if there had been fatalities then major news story sure but the british papers have this all over the first 4-5-6 pages when actually the entire story would be best served by youtube publication and sully.jpg alone
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
looked to be only about 700ft between the jet and the helicopter o_O
tht coulda been bad
― cozwn, Friday, 16 January 2009 13:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's a pretty big deal lj, all air crashes are pretty big news
an air crash on american soil, in new york going to be doubly big news
― cozwn, Friday, 16 January 2009 13:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
dude there was a fatal crash in NYC (200 or so dead) about 10 months after 9/11 and once they established it wasn't terrorist there was an eerie media silence
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
and it's insincere to pretend that the british media treat all air crashes equally, aeroflot send one down seemingly every other week and sometimes it gets a leading article on page 7
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
basically blah miracle blah amazing SHOW ME THE YOUTUBE
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^real talk, unfortunately xposts to lj's first
― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
just waiting for 4chan to impact-font-subtitle sully.jpg with something like AIRLINE PILOTS...LOOK AT THIS AWESOME MOTHERFUCKER or whatever
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's definitely a big story but except for occasional weather updates they spent literally the entire first hour of the today show on this story
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't know i think the fact that an airliner full of people crashed in a fucking river and everyone survived is worth taking a day off from 'news of importance' to celebrate.
― the ref (ed hochuli ha ha) (call all destroyer), Friday, 16 January 2009 14:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
where is the video of it landing tho - how can this not exist
― ice cr?m, Friday, 16 January 2009 14:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^
― cozwn, Friday, 16 January 2009 14:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
― the ref (ed hochuli ha ha) (call all destroyer), Friday, 16 January 2009 14:05 (22 minutes ago)
I'll go with this, I think. I think it's a pretty fucking amazing story.
― Pashmina, Friday, 16 January 2009 14:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i'm just being a dick, the today show never has any news on it anyways
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 January 2009 14:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
The alternative 'stories' are Obama Takes Oath in 4 Days and Israel -- Whaddya Gonna Do?
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 16 January 2009 15:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
CNN was great last night: Look at this fucking amazing plane crash where nobody dies! Look at it! And oh yeah, George Bush ruins everybody's TiVO one last time to brag about making the wrong decisions again.
NOw here's a guy who's an expert on gremlins...
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 16 January 2009 15:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
i believe the plane was planted in the ocean a la LOST and this was just a ploy to distract us from the conflict in gaza
― cutty, Friday, 16 January 2009 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
heard it ws a viral for new season of LOST
can ne1 confirm?
― cozwn, Friday, 16 January 2009 16:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
American Airlines 587, crashed in Queens, and it was only 2 months later, November 12, 2001.
WSJ's frequent flier blog has an amazing set of photos: http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2009/01/15/us-airways-splashdown-in-new-york-pictures/
― lyra, Friday, 16 January 2009 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait did gremlins cause the plane crash?
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 16 January 2009 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Guy on the right looks amazed at Shatner's bad acting...
― snoball, Friday, 16 January 2009 16:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Great photos, but the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the one of the aircraft listing/sinking was wether or not there were any pets in the cargo hold.Comment by God Bless any Pets as Well - January 16, 2009 at 11:11 am
Well. So much for the feel-good story of the year.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 16 January 2009 16:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
― snoball, Friday, January 16, 2009 4:08 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark
^^ oh man so rong
― 69, Friday, 16 January 2009 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
― YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS (dan m), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:55 (9 hours ago) Bookmark
times new roman/arial, forgot that's how they did it
― single-issue white nonhipster (country matters), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought of u when I saw that pic, louis
― YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS (dan m), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe the first officer was flying. DID ANYONE CONSIDER THAT POSSIBILITY?
― Super Cub, Friday, 16 January 2009 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wild guess:
- Bird-hit plane circles and ditches in empty field outside Omaha = low-to-moderate news coverage
- Bird-hit plane circles and ditches in strip of river immediately alongside the most densely populated bit of the country, which also happens to be a media center and just generally looms large in the consciousness of people both at home and abroad, giving the whole thing something of the look of a film thriller = lots of news coverage
― nabisco, Friday, 16 January 2009 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
(Apologies if there is some more densely populated bit of the country I'm forgetting, but you know what I mean)
― nabisco, Friday, 16 January 2009 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
the visuals are key here. take away the visuals and this story gets a quarter the attention.
― Super Cub, Friday, 16 January 2009 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
everyone would have died if it ditched in a field in Omaha, no rescue ferries.
― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Population density for selected U.S. citiesPlace Government type DensityManhattan, New York Borough & County 25,850/km² 66,940/mi²Guttenberg, New Jersey Town 21,961/km² 56,012/mi²Union City, New Jersey City 20,454/km² 52,978/mi²West New York, New Jersey Town 17,124/km² 44,352/mi²Edgewater, Illinois 13,800/km² 35,743/mi²)Brooklyn, New York Borough & County 13,481/km² 34,917/mi²The Bronx, New York Borough & County 12,242/km² 31,709/mi²Hoboken, New Jersey City 11,675/km² 30,239/mi²Back Bay/Beacon Hill, Massachusetts 11,463/km² 29,690/mi²)New York City, New York City 10,194/km² 26,403/mi²
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
the visuals were all fucked up by those boats in the way, tho
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
they would have been better in a field, w/o boats
this goes for every news story ever, afaik
^^^indeed
― Super Cub, Friday, 16 January 2009 23:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
beacon hill is a tiny neighborhood wtf
― ice cr?m, Friday, 16 January 2009 23:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
well it's population density, so population/area
― Super Cub, Friday, 16 January 2009 23:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
right?
Okay, the Hudson is a tiny strip amid several of the most densely populated bits of the country, making it both a noteworthy and weirdly convenient place to ditch a plane.
― nabisco, Friday, 16 January 2009 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
a little too convenient if you ask me.
― shook pwns (omar little), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
um they wouldn't have needed boats then, they could have just gotten off the plane.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
and sunk into the soft dirt. wake up, jordan.
― shook pwns (omar little), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
nabisco, i was backing up your OTM there
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jordan why do you want America to have no heroes?
― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
you can land a large a plane in a field without everyone dying
apparently lga is supposed to be more prone to birdstrike given marshes in the area. i would think that applies more to jfk.
― double bird strike (gabbneb), Saturday, 17 January 2009 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
guys if it ditched out over a field #1 bro sully sullenberger the 18th would've just landed the damn plane HELLOOOOOO
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 17 January 2009 00:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nabisco OTM with one very notable exception: UA 232 in Sioux City, Iowa 7/19/89
Keep in mind that's supposed to be a SUCCESSFULL crash landing.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 17 January 2009 04:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
I remember watching a doumentary about that sioux city crash landing, a bunch of amazing stories from people who walked off the wrecked plane with minor injuries, or in a few cases no injuries at all. One guy even spotted his hold luggage on the runway, and picked it up as he left the crash site.
― Pashmina, Saturday, 17 January 2009 13:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Information theory tells us that amount of information = improbability of event*, so yes, emergency landing in heavily populated area with exactly 0 x casualties is indeed very newsworthy!
*) mad simplified
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 17 January 2009 16:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I liked Rachel Maddow's bit on this last night.
― mose def (kenan), Saturday, 17 January 2009 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
the coast guard released a new video that shows a bit of the "landing" and lots of the immediate reaction. The first ferry gets to the plane really quickly. Pretty amazing.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/01/17/nyregion/1231545504174/coast-guard-video-of-plane-crash.html
― Super Cub, Saturday, 17 January 2009 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
It was amazingly successful, considering the plane had no hydraulic systems at all. No way to steer it except with the engines. If you want to get all tense and maybe have a good cry at the end, I recommend the episode of Errol Morris's First Person.
part 1 here, links to the rest of it below
― mose def (kenan), Saturday, 17 January 2009 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
if thats the only video of the crash i see i might go on a random stabbing spree - thx tho sc better than nothing
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 18 January 2009 08:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 18 January 2009 08:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
security cam footage where the shit goes out of the screen right as it lands is all we have of the pentagon crash on 9/11
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 18 January 2009 08:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
this whole surveillance society has been way over sold
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 18 January 2009 09:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/major/35790-problem-flight-1549-your-thoughts.html
― velko, Sunday, 18 January 2009 09:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
― velko, Sunday, 18 January 2009 09:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
chilly.
― mose def (kenan), Sunday, 18 January 2009 10:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
if thats the only video of the crash i see i might go on a random stabbing spree
haha I watched that for my girlfriend. "Don't bother," I advised after. I took the bullet.
― mose def (kenan), Sunday, 18 January 2009 10:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kenan = hero
― mose def (kenan), Sunday, 18 January 2009 10:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Slightly better footage here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7835497.stm
― ailsa, Sunday, 18 January 2009 12:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's a shop
― ledge, Sunday, 18 January 2009 12:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maryann Bruce, 48, of Cornelius, North Carolina, said that while others were "thinking of dying, I was actually thinking about living. I wanted to see my kids and my husband." She said she had survived disasters before, including the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Centre, where she worked then.
"I must have nine lives," she said. "I was vacationing in Honolulu and had to be evacuated for a tsunami. I was skiing in Denver and had an avalanche. I was at the big LA earthquake.
― cozwn, Sunday, 18 January 2009 13:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
sounds pretty hairy after the crash, which isn't really communicated by the videos
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/18/hudson-york-plane-crash
― cozwn, Sunday, 18 January 2009 13:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am flying tomorrow, why am i reading this thread/watching those youtubes???
― the fap where all the dudes fawned over my chick (stevie), Sunday, 18 January 2009 13:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's very Final Destination.
― Jarlrmai, Sunday, 18 January 2009 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, why did I sit up all night watching the news about this, pretty much the day before I was due to fly home... over the Hudson? (Damn pretty view, though.)
― Get Cake. Wear Cake. Fly. (Masonic Boom), Sunday, 18 January 2009 15:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't know- I flew friday and saturday and I still watched all the videos, and read lots on it. As plenty of folks have noted, it's more dangerous driving on the highway to the airport than getting into an airplane.
― lyra, Sunday, 18 January 2009 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also, you know, people survived and pilots are awesome. It's kind of reassuring.
― ailsa, Sunday, 18 January 2009 15:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I remember talking to a colleague in NY after the TWA800 crash and him being inappropriately upbeat because "who had ever heard of two planes going down?".
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:09 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark
that is usually my attitude, tho. statistics are on your side
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ gamblers' fallacy
― ledge, Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ not sure you understand the gambler's fallacy
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
totally agree, but i know what i'm going to be thinking about until we touch down.
― the fap where all the dudes fawned over my chick (stevie), Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
you what, another plane crash now is just as likely as it was four days ago.(which is still not very likely at all stevie ;)
― ledge, Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh, right. it's not gambler's fallacy to say that statistics are on yr side re: plane crashes, tho! didn't realize you were referring to NedT's comment
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost That's still not the gambler's fallacy, brah.
― mose def (kenan), Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
plane crashes have just about zero to do with gambling. You want to gamble? Drive a car.
― mose def (kenan), Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's not gambler's fallacy to say that statistics are on yr side re: plane crashes, tho!
I think that's just what i'm saying! But who's 'you'??!?
Gambler's fallacy = betting on black 'cause red has come up seven times in a row, that's just the same as saying it's ok to fly now 'cause a plane has just crashed, so another one crashing is less likely.
― ledge, Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's like saying there's won't be another earthquake, because lightning never strikes twice in the same place. So yeah, I think we're square.
― mose def (kenan), Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ledge, Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:47 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark
that isn't what i said. that's what ned said. i said "statistics are on yr side." which equals = planes don't crash much. not, "a plane JUST crashed so therefore it's safer to fly now."
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Sunday, 18 January 2009 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
tho i guess saying "that is my attitude" suggested that i was indulging in the fallacy. what i meant, i guess, is "the chances of a plane crashing are slim," so i am usually upbeat about flying, whether or not another plane has recently crashed.
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Sunday, 18 January 2009 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
The alternative is to go all "hot water burn baby" and scream and punch your head and then drive or take a boat. Which is always an option.
― mose def (kenan), Sunday, 18 January 2009 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
im sure there are no irrational fears skulking the shadows of psychological kenan
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 18 January 2009 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
― mose def (kenan), Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:49 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
actually no because earthquakes happening in the same place aren't independent statistical events, neither are lightning strikes for that matter (i think). what it's most like is "betting on black 'cause red has come up seven times in a row." / pedantic
― matt p (Matt P), Sunday, 18 January 2009 19:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Otm; lightning striking somewhere is obv indication that that place is more likely to be struck by lightning again in the future than a random other place. The difference may or may not be slim though.
― anatol_merklich, Sunday, 18 January 2009 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
...that's what ned said
Actually it was my colleague who said it! And I really wanted to say to him "I don't think that's quite right" but dude was waiting to fly so I thought better of it. He made it back OK.
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, 18 January 2009 23:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Isn't it great to hear about someone (with a splendid name) using their skill and competence to achieve something?Ryan, Leeds, UK
― cozwn, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 10:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7887555.stm
I'm guessing all Americans are asleep but damn.
― i'm getting too old for this ship (a hoy hoy), Friday, 13 February 2009 08:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
random...
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 February 2009 08:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
feel bad for buffalo too, good city
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 February 2009 08:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
shit
― its gotta be HOOSy para steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 13 February 2009 08:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
whoa i am from upstate and have a lot of friends who go to university @ buffalo...need to check this out :/
― some black dude (k3vin k.), Friday, 13 February 2009 10:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
i mean i'm sure everything is OK but i'm sure it's a big deal around there right now
"The house was already flattened. There was no house, just a pile of rubbish and still burning," he said.
Americans don't say "rubbish", bad BBC.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 13 February 2009 10:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just... horrible.
When did it stop being the convention to mention the subject of terrorism (and/or 9/11, and it's lack of relevance) in any aircraft-related incident?
― more private than a bar stool (Upt0eleven), Friday, 13 February 2009 10:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
library has fox news on, and the anchor was referring to the irony (more synchrony imo) of one of the dead passengers being the widow of a 9/11 victim on her way to buffalo to present an award in his name
― some black dude (k3vin k.), Friday, 13 February 2009 10:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
yikes. hope its no one horseshoe knows.
― max, Friday, 13 February 2009 11:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
sorry, is that insensitive? you know what i mean.
― max, Friday, 13 February 2009 11:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kanye...lied?
― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Friday, 13 February 2009 11:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Everywhere else quotes him as saying 'rubble'.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 13 February 2009 11:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Eckert was traveling to Buffalo for a weekend celebration of what would have been her husband's 58th birthday. She also had planned to take part in presentation of a scholarship award at Canisius High School that she established in honor of her late husband.
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/578061.html
― James Mitchell, Friday, 13 February 2009 11:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Another victim of note -- Alison des Forges:
The death was confirmed by Human Rights Watch, the New York-based advocacy group where Dr. Des Forges, who lived in Buffalo, served as senior adviser for its Africa division.Dr. Des Forges spent four years interviewing organizers and victims of the Rwandan genocide, in which hundreds of thousands of people died. She testified before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, based in Arusha, Tanzania, and expert panels convened by the United Nations and what is now the African Union, as well as the French and Belgian legislatures and the United States Congress.The MacArthur Foundation recognized her work with a $375,000 “genius” grant in 1999. Her book “Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda,” published that year, was considered one of the most authoritative accounts of the genocide.
Dr. Des Forges spent four years interviewing organizers and victims of the Rwandan genocide, in which hundreds of thousands of people died. She testified before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, based in Arusha, Tanzania, and expert panels convened by the United Nations and what is now the African Union, as well as the French and Belgian legislatures and the United States Congress.
The MacArthur Foundation recognized her work with a $375,000 “genius” grant in 1999. Her book “Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda,” published that year, was considered one of the most authoritative accounts of the genocide.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 February 2009 19:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
NEW YORK – A publicist says two members of jazz musician Chuck Mangione's band were among those killed on the plane that crashed into a Buffalo, New York, house.Publicist Sanford Brokaw identifies the band members as Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett.In a statement Mangione, said: "I'm in shock over the horrible, heartbreaking tragedy."
Publicist Sanford Brokaw identifies the band members as Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett.
In a statement Mangione, said: "I'm in shock over the horrible, heartbreaking tragedy."
― Pancakes Hackman, Friday, 13 February 2009 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
And you shouldn't laugh at what comes up at :20.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 27 February 2009 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
amzing
― ice cr?m, Friday, 27 February 2009 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
super great + informative article in vanity fair
http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/06/us_airways200906?currentPage=1
answers a lot of (dumb) questions like the one i posed very early in this thread about why planes could not be devised to withstand bird strikes. in fact, says the article, they have been, just not for the weight of canadian geese, which is probably impossible. anywho, the article contains many words on the nuts and bolts of plane engineering and bird strikes and landing with no engines but it all circles back very well to the hudson river landing. very informative, very entertaining.
― cumlords 2pac big please talk to this sucker (J0rdan S.), Monday, 11 May 2009 06:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's very historical, and also contains a cool aside about a pilot flying a commercial plane who ran out of fuel in the middle of the night over the atlantic but was able to glide the plane onto an airport on some island
― cumlords 2pac big please talk to this sucker (J0rdan S.), Monday, 11 May 2009 06:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
it also says that every person who has tried to land at la guardia in simulations of flight 1549 has failed
― cumlords 2pac big please talk to this sucker (J0rdan S.), Monday, 11 May 2009 06:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
this picture still gives me chills errytime
― cumlords 2pac big please talk to this sucker (J0rdan S.), Monday, 11 May 2009 06:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
by the same guy in the same magazine on a similar subject, also compelling
http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2009/01/air_crash200901
― zinguist (cozwn), Monday, 11 May 2009 11:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Much about those particular geese will never be known—for instance, where they came from, and where they were headed, and why
Call yourself an investigative journalist?
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Monday, 11 May 2009 11:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
But their legacy remains.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 11 May 2009 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 13 November 2009 23:45 (9 months ago) Permalink
Well, there ya go:
"He doesn't know I'm gonna say this, but I had joked the other day that ... the hero sex really helps a 20-year-old marriage," The Associated Press reported Mrs Sullenberger as saying.To which Mr Sullenberger added: "Rock star sex."
To which Mr Sullenberger added: "Rock star sex."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 November 2009 16:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
it's gonna suck next time a plane loses control within sight of a river and everyone just expects the pilot can cruise on down without too much trouble.
― rap band (schlump), Monday, 23 November 2009 16:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
lol @ 3:12 he says "Nice view of the Hudson today." Oh, just wait.
― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Monday, 23 November 2009 17:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ends his 30 year career today by retiring.
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 16:49 (6 months ago) Permalink
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/03/BAJK1CA7KE.DTL&tsp=1