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Post by Randy_Cain on Nov 17, 2009 18:47:18 GMT -5
Hi, This link was sent to me by a friend of mine. I thought you guys might enjoy it. It's a reenactment in a flight simulator of what happened to the 737 on that day in New York that forced him down on the Hudson River. It has ALL communications between ATC and chat between pilot and copilot either from the tapes, or represented by text in realtime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE_5eiYn0D0Yours,  |
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Post by ashaman on Nov 18, 2009 8:56:00 GMT -5
Interesting. As in all cases when no one on board was really hurt in the accident, it's always nice to know more about it.
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Post by Maarten on Nov 25, 2009 8:21:59 GMT -5
Brilliant job!
Did I understand right that the Captain is a glider pilot in his spare time?
Cheers,
Maarten
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Post by Randy_Cain on Nov 25, 2009 12:44:33 GMT -5
Hi,
Yes.
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Post by Johan Dees on Dec 4, 2009 18:03:36 GMT -5
dont forget an airbus is a perfect glider..
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Post by chris_c on Dec 4, 2009 22:47:29 GMT -5
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Post by Randy_Cain on Dec 5, 2009 10:10:21 GMT -5
Hi, Johan, I hear you. As far as I know, Airbus (I think it was a 340) still holds the record. What was that island it made it to? I've forgotten. Yours, P.S. Found it!: On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-203 en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people onboard, was reported lost over the Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft crashed in the Atlantic Ocean 400–500 miles northeast of the islands of Fernando de Noronha. All 228 passengers and crew were killed. Malfunctioning pitot tubes have provided an early focus for the investigation. : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330 |
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Post by thomas on Dec 6, 2009 12:54:31 GMT -5
No, that's not it. There was an Airbus A??? which ran out of fuel over the Atlantic and diverted/glided some 100NM to an island where it made a successful deadstick landing on a designated runway. AFAIK no one was killed, but some pax were injured. Maybe someone has more details? Hi, Johan, I hear you. As far as I know, Airbus (I think it was a 340) still holds the record. What was that island it made it to? I've forgotten. Yours, P.S. Found it!: On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-203 en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people onboard, was reported lost over the Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft crashed in the Atlantic Ocean 400–500 miles northeast of the islands of Fernando de Noronha. All 228 passengers and crew were killed. Malfunctioning pitot tubes have provided an early focus for the investigation. : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330 |
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Post by chris_c on Dec 6, 2009 14:15:55 GMT -5
Air Transat Flight 236 an A300-243, supposedly the record folder for gliding a commercial aircraft, some 65nm. Wikipedia entry here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236This incident even got its own episode of the Discovery TV series MaydayChris |
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Post by Randy_Cain on Dec 7, 2009 5:01:54 GMT -5
Hi, Ok, that's what I get for not actually reading all of what I copied.  I thought I'd found the link to the flight that you're talking about. My bad. |
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Post by Dennis the menace on Dec 19, 2009 23:09:22 GMT -5
Speaking of bird strikes, let's not forget Eastern's flight 375 out of Boston, sustaining multiple bird strikes in engines 1, 2 and 4.  www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,895003-1,00.html    This last photo explains why every time I fly, I always sit in the very last row of seats  cheers, Mike |
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I thought I'd found the link to the flight that you're talking about. My bad.
