Simviation Forum - US AIRWAY AIRBUS A320 CRASH

Reply #30 - Jan 18^th, 2009 at 5:44am

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expat wrote on Jan 17^th, 2009 at 12:18pm:

pepper_airborne wrote on Jan 17^th, 2009 at 11:57am:

expat wrote on Jan 17^th, 2009 at 8:14am:

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But it seems kinda counter-intuitive, don't you think? I sure would prefer to have my CFMs remain mounted on my plane during forward flight. Tongue

Not really sure that skidding along the ground, skimming across the water can really be considered as flight Grin

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Reply #31 - Jan 18^th, 2009 at 5:48am

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According to Auntie Beeb one engine is still attached. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7835939.stm

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Reply #32 - Jan 18^th, 2009 at 12:30pm

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well, now they've hoisted the plane out the water... and it seems only the left engine is missing, the other remained attached

here's the source, but it's in portuguese... (has pictures anyways)

they also did a --very poor, i might add --flash animation explaning how an aircraft turbine works and how birds can get sucked into them, followed by an animation of the landing itself...

if i'm not mistaken, this is a world's first, right? the safe alighting of an aircraft in the water without tearing it to pieces?

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Reply #33 - Jan 18^th, 2009 at 12:40pm

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HarvesteR wrote on Jan 18^th, 2009 at 12:30pm:

if i'm not mistaken, this is a world's first, right? the safe alighting of an aircraft in the water without tearing it to pieces?

I think we've agreed that it was a ditching! Grin

As for the first - maybe in modern times. Certainly there have been several more historic examples (including the restored Boeing Stratoliner a few years back in Seattle).

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Reply #34 - Jan 18^th, 2009 at 1:59pm

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Regardless of all the peripheral issues.........this has got to be the absolute best pilot-skilled, Divinely-intervened, angel-on-each-and-every-one-of-their-shoulders piece of airmanship that I have ever seen or heard of.

Just getting the "visual" in FSX of enacting the event gave me the chills. And gave me some insight as to how truly talented and gifted that the aircrew was/is!

This was definitely disaster snatched from the arms of fate and turned into pretty much a fairy tale ending.

God bless all those involved! Obviously it was not any of their times to go!

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Reply #35 - Jan 18^th, 2009 at 10:32pm

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Here is some video from a pier security cam.

You can catch some glimpses of the ditch, but then one cam is manually zoomed in on the fast paced efforts of the ferry and boat operators picking up the passengers.

http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8269312&version=4&local...

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Reply #36 - Jan 18^th, 2009 at 11:15pm

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Here is some video from a pier security cam.

You can catch some glimpses of the ditch, but then one cam is manually zoomed in on the fast paced efforts of the ferry and boat operators picking up the passengers.

http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8269312&version=4&local...

Still can't believe that in such a tourist rich environment that not a single bit of video footage has emerged outside of a couple of CCTV cameras. Not a single visitor to Concord noticed a ditching Airbus Huh

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