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NYC Marks 10 Years Since Flight 1549’s ‘Miracle On The Hudson’
Tuesday marks one decade since Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger and the crew of US Airways Flight 1549 turned what could have been a fatal tragedy into the “Miracle on the Hudson” where all 155 passengers and crew survived a ditch landing into the Hudson River. The plan was in the air a total of four minutes, 49 seconds, during which an impact with a flock of birds took out both of the plane’s engines and prompting an emergency landing into the Hudson River when the pilots could not… (newyork.cbslocal.com) עוד...
Sully and his seldom mentioned copilot Jeffrey Skiles did what they had to do and did it right and you can't land in the Hudson without somebody seein it and comin to the rescue, et.al., the ferries, tugs and everybody else that showed up and helped save the day. Sully said so. My favorite recent miracles are the election results of 2016 and the last time I had two tires blow over 100 knts. and we aborted at TEB in a C650 and everybody walked off. It's called training, experience and Praise the Lord. We get to pick our own miracles.
You'll love yer miracle when there's no ATC
Yeh it'll be a miracle if there's anyone left to screen passengers by Friday
