Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
18:37 - In the event of a water landing...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/15/new.york.plane.crash/index.html
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Yikes:
Man, the things that happen around here.
Bird strike takes out both engines and an A320 goes into the Hudson in plain view of the whole West Side—and everyone gets out fine, albeit into some of the coldest weather they're expecting to see all winter.
You know, it's not like the airline really can be held accountable for this sort of thing happening—you get geese in your engines and you're not going all the way to friggin' Charlotte—and besides the pilot gets all the kudos in the world for bringing it down in one piece—but rational or not I've probably taken my last trip via USAir. True, they're the cheapest from Westchester to anywhere I want to go, but lately that has meant you no longer get anything at all for free, including sodas and peanuts. And under the insult-to-injury heading you can file the privilege of getting to look at an ad for a Patrick Swayze cable series glued to your tray table for six hours, instead of a movie on a 7-inch screen six rows ahead of you.
But even that I'll endure over having to worry about this sort of thing. I mean, seriously: this was just one regional airport away from being my accustomed flight. I've always made it a point to actually pay attention to those emergency-exit cards, and not just because it's a source for cynical amusement. Guess I'll continue with that policy.
UPDATE: It's 2009. Of course someone got it on video.
The whole rescue was over in like six minutes. They weren't dawdling about. Damn fine work all around.
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