Sully – a true American hero – Leno and other comedians making jokes about this are absolutely pathetic

I wish I could give you the man himself but he’s under a gag order while the NTSB investigates. Expect him on every talk show in America within a week or so. In the meantime, this — and his new fan page at Facebook — will have to do. How’d he pull it off? Skill…

Eye-witnesses said the captain pulled the nose of the plane up just as it hit the water, helping to keep the fuselage intact. Experts said the pilot did ‘absolutely everything right’ with a ‘textbook ditching’.

‘If you know you are facing a ditching, the crash-landing of an aircraft on water, it is crucial that you land the plane absolutely level,’ said David Learmount, operations and safety officer of Flight Global.

‘You must not try to keep the plane airborne and if you land it too slowly you will drop out of the sky,’ he added.

Mr Learmount said that the pilot had to land the plane perfectly straight – otherwise it would have broken up on impact.

…and, via one of our commenters, technology:

The device, called a “ditching switch,” effectively seals the plane by closing valves and ventilation ports, a spokesman for the airline said…

With the valves and ports shut, “a float line” is created, Airbus spokeswoman Mary Anne Greczyn said in an e-mail…

“They’re not amphibious,” Mann said. “But the general rule of thumb is, when they’re full of fuel, which is lighter than water, they will float, as long as their structural integrity is intact.”

He’s already gotten a call from Bush, and the key to New York City is waiting for him.

Now, with the near disaster yesterday, comedians such as Jay Leno had a field day with this:

US Airways has a new slogan: When you can’t decide on a flight or cruise.

“Did you hear about this? This is pretty scary. A US Airways flight out of LaGuardia had to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River after it apparently hit a flock of geese. Luckily, everybody was rescued. The pilot did a wonderful job. The emergency workers did a great job. They saved everybody. The airline tried to blame it on the birds, but a spokesman for the geese say, hey, they were honking all the way.

“They showed the plane floating on the Hudson River. All the passengers evacuated using life vests – well, those that had $25.

“Here’s the amazing part – they actually could have landed in Newark, but people said, no, we’ll take the river. Thank you, we appreciate it…

“Rescuers not only got all the passengers out of the Hudson River, they also pulled up three mob bodies that had been thrown in there, too.

“People are wondering now how they were going to get the plane out of the river, but the FAA said today since it was the Hudson River, the airplane will probably just dissolve in a week or so.

“And I thought this was nice. US Airways said that each passenger will still get three frequent-flier miles. They will get credit.”

I don’t care of paristianship or whatever, but this is absolutely DISGUSTING! HOW dare ANYONE mock this, not even 24 hours after it heppened?

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January 16, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized


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  • S. Mull

    Liberal whiners?!?!? Right. Conservatives NEVER whine about anything. Get a sense of humor. When the day comes when people can’t see the lighter side of life’s ups and downs that’s the day when this country has really hit rock bottom.