A320 lands in the Hudson River, New York

[anonymous-user]

There is an amazing photo on Sky News of passengers standing on the wings.

Fingers crossed everyone got out.

[BlueCello]

Scary thought.

[castrolcraig]

WOW!! great landing....

[TheEnd]

Dogwatch said:

Seems everyone may have survived.

Mo, Honky and Charlie are missing, Brian and Scot have broken wings, and i think Craig is dead too

[BigBen]

Muntu said:

If it is pointing downstream, it could theoretically take off again...

So you are saying the flow of the river could form some kind of aqueous conveyor belt ?

[tinman0]

[Muntu]

BigBen said:

Muntu said:

If it is pointing downstream, it could theoretically take off again...

So you are saying the flow of the river could form some kind of aqueous conveyor belt ?

That is a very good way of putting it, yes

[ultegra]

Muntu said:

If it is pointing downstream, it could theoretically take off again...

It doesn't handle as well as an MX-5 when ditching in the sea...........

[mouk786]

but if the wheels came on surley it could resist the force of the water - if it was running at the same speed

[adam85]

What a retard reporter...

Just as well this happened in daylight!

[The jiffle king]

Just WOW!!! Hope everyone is ok, can't find any formal news that they are, but fingers crossed

T-J-K

[Muntu]

ultegra said:

Muntu said:

If it is pointing downstream, it could theoretically take off again...

It doesn't handle as well as an MX-5 when ditching in the sea...........

[navier_stokes]

Definately sinking...

[tinman0]

pilot needs a medal for somehow bringing it down in one piece!

[schmalex]

Wow. CNN are reporting that everyone got out. If so, that pilot & crew deserve medals

[castrolcraig]

navier_stokes said:

Definately sinking...

surprisingly, i dont think it is...

[Munter]

tinman0 said:

pilot needs a medal for somehow bringing it down in one piece!

I'm also/more impressed with the construction. I'd have thought hitting the water would rip it apart regardless of what the safety cards say.... It appears I was wrong.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Two pages in and nobodys mentioned a conveyor belt on a plane thread? Standards are slipping guys.

All hail to pilots though, top work fellas!

[rfn]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Two pages in and nobodys mentioned a conveyor belt on a plane thread? Standards are slipping guys.

All hail to pilots though, top work fellas!

Muntu mentioned it subtly earlier on...

[Nicol@]

I wonder if anyone filmed it 'land'.

Is it being towed in now?