DC--> NY plane crash?

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.

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.

waht is life expectancy in water when the air temp is 20 F

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.

LIVE tonight on the hudson:

Bush on an ordinary day funnier than Tina Fey's entire career

is that why he's on at 8 tonite?

i see what you did ther.

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

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

mike score caused the plane to crash?!?

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.

all yr airplanes r belong to us

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00213/F_200705_May15ED_IM_213611a.jpg

no full-size airliner could survive a landing on water fwiw, and none has, this plane was just small enough

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

also, are they gonna send in the police divers to save ppls stuff

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.

http://www.funny-potato.com/images/planes/bird-plane.jpg

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?

it's over your head, I know

http://static.flickr.com/30/53279450_1ff919a9a0_m.jpg

a “double bird” in the jargon of safety workers

lol they are finally showing the ny1 zoo footage and u cannot see any flames coming out the plane what bullshit

has anyone consulted shaq's twitter to see what he has to say about the incident?

(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.

I met a twitterer from twitter nation n da apple store n denver, im buyin headphones about 21 hours ago from txt

you can add flames to gifs, or so i hear, if you need to see flames

blingee fire

"Bernie macs last movie soul man is the funniest movie ever, im watchn it now n denver about 18 hours ago from txt"

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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.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2009/01/grego_plane.jpg

aw lil guy

are they gonna pull this thing into the wfc marina?

chelsea piers dude

knowing all you NYC hipsters, that plane will be a nightclub in Chelsea by next week

we already have a plane bar

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

i already told you, they should turn it into a shuffleboard

u guys dont fight jeez here ill release some more birds to crash another plane ok

okay i will meet your demands al icey

who is fighting, i think there is room for both literacy and shuffleboard you know

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.

no don't get the terrorist mad, he will release his Big Bird

jesus xp

wait--pelicans?!

Initial findings suggest that the chances of a successful dirty bird attack are about 10–40%.

BIRDS

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..."

9/11 obv

a “double bird” in the jargon of safety workers
http://www.herecomestheboss.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/bigbird.jpg