RECOVERY OF FLIGHT 1549!
Recovery of US Airways Airbus A321
No loss of life--a miracle and a text book "ditching"!
Recovery Crews worked through the cold night.
Water and fuel tanks were drained for safety.
On the barge for transport to a shelter.
The Pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III responded with the highest order of professionalism in "ditching" with two power plants out. The impact on the physical structure of the fuselage on water is not preferable to landing wheels up on a runway or even along relatively flat terrain. For this reason, the fact that the composite material of the Airbus maintained its structural integrity totally shocked me. As countless others have pointed out, that there was no loss of life among the souls on board was a miracle. Now the National Transportation Safety Board can methodically examine the aircraft, review depositions and assemble a time frame of the event to better help us understand how to prevent similar mishaps. It should also be noted that the 20 boats and ferry's who responded so swiftly remind me that in moments like this, the Grace of strangers is abundant.
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Have a Good Saturday!
posted by Michael Manning @ 11:37 PM
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God was definitely guiding Capt. Sullenberger's efforts as he put that plane down on the Hudson River.
Praise God for His providence and keeping all of them safe.
Hope you have a great weekend, Michael! :o)
Love and hugs,
Diane
Great pics of the recovery! Captain Sully's remarkable "ditching" is a true testimony to his training and skill. Do you know if airlines take requests? I'd like Captain Sullenberger on each of my future flights!
Thanks for this great post!
this was awesome. my beautiful gotham city desearved this miracle.
Diane: I completely agree with you! lol! :)
3 Magpies: With very few exceptions, the pilots who are responsible for commercial aviation flights (many of whom are personal frinds of mine going back 16 years) are very competent. I have a buddy who was ascending at 400 feet (known as the "ctitical phase" of flight) when a hairline fracture in a flange expanded and blew the top of the number two engine cowling off the right wing. He immediately activated his autopilot, ascended to 2,000 feet, "cleaned up the cockpit" an made an emergency landing with no injuries or loss of life. We are in very good hands!
Girl Rants: Yes! And Gotham City deserves you too, my friend! :)
SO glad everyone was safe...and God is amazing...
Great pics...
Have a good weekend
Love, Jess
I wrote a poem the next day and posted on my site. People that say there are no angels or miracles need only look at the footage of that rescue to see one.
Jess: Yes He is amazing, I quite agree! Love to You, Jason and Emmy! :)
Cosmicrayola: The Miami Herald published a very nice piece on the 1956 water ditching of a Boeing 377Stratoliner. Lives were saved, but the fuselage of the aircraft horrifically broke apart from the impact on waves that were part of a very different weather situation. I happen to believe in Angels and Miracles, Cosmic. And you are one of them! :)
Fantastic pictures! That really was an amazing event. Were I on board that flight I'd be thanking the plane's engineers, pilots & crew for saving my life... yet somehow I expect to see a lawsuit come out of that. Sad.
awesome photos. and yes, it was a miracle. so many things had to go perfectly right for that to happen. the pilot and the flight crew are heroes.
Martini: I haven't focused on that aspect of this yet, strangely enough. Shows you how focused I am on the NTSB's work. The lawyers probably expect it, and there are plenty probably lining up to file. I have a hard time seeing how an airline or a pilot is negligent when a flock of birds fly into a CFM56 engine? Relieved everyone got off safe. That was some fine flying!
Seraphine: The entire crew of pilots and flight attendants handled themselves so well!
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