A320 lands in the Hudson River, New York

[J500ANT]

I thought i'd give this a "one year on" bump!

(and ask, there was a Discovery documentary advertised as "coming soon" but i cant find out when its going to be on - HELP!)

[adam85]

J500ANT said:

I thought i'd give this a "one year on" bump!

(and ask, there was a Discovery documentary advertised as "coming soon" but i cant find out when its going to be on - HELP!)

It is frightening how quickly a year passes!

[guru_1071]

J500ANT said:

I thought i'd give this a "one year on" bump!

(and ask, there was a Discovery documentary advertised as "coming soon" but i cant find out when its going to be on - HELP!)

it was on on night this week, i caught the back end of it

[ewenm]

guru_1071 said:

J500ANT said:

I thought i'd give this a "one year on" bump!

(and ask, there was a Discovery documentary advertised as "coming soon" but i cant find out when its going to be on - HELP!)

it was on on night this week, i caught the back end of it

All the trailers had passengers talking about the "miracle" of the landing - I was mighty annoyed they weren't crediting the skills of the pilot rather than some supernatural influence. Was it any different in the actual program?

[oobster]

Sky Channel 520, Saturday 16th Jan, 9.00pm - Miracle on The Hudson. "Just two minutes into the flight, disaster strikes US Airways flight 1549 and it is forced to land in the Hudson River. Watch testimonies of passengers, witnesses and rescuers"

[J500ANT]

oobster said:

Sky Channel 520, Saturday 16th Jan, 9.00pm - Miracle on The Hudson. "Just two minutes into the flight, disaster strikes US Airways flight 1549 and it is forced to land in the Hudson River. Watch testimonies of passengers, witnesses and rescuers"

Now thats the same title as the Channel4 documentary - but thanks for that, will set the V+ box for it.

[Mr E Driver]

Isn't this the programme first seen on channel4 a year ago?

[Mikey G]

Mr E Driver said:

Isn't this the programme first seen on channel4 a year ago?

The program was probably live a year ago

Was on Discovery the other night. Didnt really go into the technicalities of the crash more into the experiances of the passengers.

[Olf]

I heard that the pilot was so excited about the prospect of landing in the hudson that he failed to hit the engine restart buttons.

[Mikey G]

According to the documentary the copilot was going through the restart procedure for the engines right up until the plane actually hit the water, the only button they had not pressed was the ditching button which apparently seals the belly when the plane lands in water. The reason they gave that this was not pressed was because it was so far into the sequence in the manual they didnt have time to get through the procedure manual due to lack of altitude. Once the plane was in the water all the electrics died and the button was no longer operative.

[Total loss]

Olf said:

I heard that the pilot was so excited about the prospect of landing in the hudson that he failed to hit the engine restart buttons.

I think not.
Watch this great CGI reconstruction . The pilot/co-pilot were totally professional through out.
http://www.break.com/index/reconstruction-of-hudso...

Edited by Total loss on Saturday 16th January 13:50

[Olf]

Total loss said:

Olf said:

I heard that the pilot was so excited about the prospect of landing in the hudson that he failed to hit the engine restart buttons.

I think not.
Watch this great CGI reconstruction . The pilot/co-pilot were totally professional through out.
http://www.break.com/index/reconstruction-of-hudso...

Edited by Total loss on Saturday 16th January 13:50

Maybe - you don't know the integrity of my source though do you? The truth is we'll never know for sure...

[Eric Mc]

Why do people want to denigrate what was truly an extraordinary feat of airmanship?

How many other jet airliners have been sucssfully ditched without a single loss of life?

[Olf]

Eric Mc said:

Why do people want to denigrate what was truly an extraordinary feat of airmanship?

How many other jet airliners have been sucssfully ditched without a single loss of life?

Why the suggestion that I want to denigrate? A senior Professor friend of mine (not prone to BS) spoke to a US accident investigator who was involved in the case.

[Eric Mc]

And?

(and a professor of what?)

Edited by Eric Mc on Saturday 16th January 19:54

[odyssey2200]

Unless the Prof was on the fligh deck who would he know?

In the documentry one passenger spoke of hearing the engines turning over.

[bigandclever]

Olf said:

Eric Mc said:

Why do people want to denigrate what was truly an extraordinary feat of airmanship?

How many other jet airliners have been sucssfully ditched without a single loss of life?

Why the suggestion that I want to denigrate? A senior Professor friend of mine (not prone to BS) spoke to a US accident investigator who was involved in the case.

So you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who may, or deliberately may not, have pressed some buttons because it was 'exciting'? You should name some names, because you're sitting on a dynamite revelation there.

[Lost soul]

Olf said:

Total loss said:

Olf said:

I heard that the pilot was so excited about the prospect of landing in the hudson that he failed to hit the engine restart buttons.

I think not.
Watch this great CGI reconstruction . The pilot/co-pilot were totally professional through out.
http://www.break.com/index/reconstruction-of-hudso...

Edited by Total loss on Saturday 16th January 13:50

Maybe - you don't know the integrity of my source though do you? The truth is we'll never know for sure...

Are you sure of the integrity of your source , i feel who ever it is they should Shut the fk up and give thanks where it is due

[Olf]

I've told you all I know and therefore all I can tell you.

[Lost soul]

Olf said:

I've told you all I know and therefore all I can tell you.

So you admitt you know nothing