Jet crashes into Hudson River

Jimbo · 15-01-2009 8:53pm #1

On Sky News now.
Regional US Airways jet estimated to be carring 70 to 140 people crashed into Huson River in New York. They are attempting to rescue them now. Shocking stuff.

DarkJager · 15-01-2009 8:53pm

Jesus thats bad. Not on their website though?

EDIT: My bad, its just not in the headlines yet but its there on live stream

Jimbo · 15-01-2009 8:56pm

Breaking news.
Not on web yet. An Airbus A320 apparently. Min. 130 people.

Sherifu · 15-01-2009 8:57pm

"Local media said the downed plane had just left the city's La Guardia airport and was trying to return after a possibly colliding with a flock of birds."

galwayrush · 15-01-2009 8:57pm

No mention of casualties .

Highsider · 15-01-2009 8:57pm

:eek:

Abi · 15-01-2009 8:57pm

Saying something about hitting a bird? Hard to believe a bird could cause that.

Has Mary Harney been accounted for?

DarkJager · 15-01-2009 8:58pm

146 passengers, 5 crew members. Was attempting to return to La Guardia airport after possibly hitting a bird.

JPA · 15-01-2009 8:59pm

Saying no casualties though on sky news.

Jimbo · 15-01-2009 8:59pm

It's horrible to think there are people trapped in there as I type this

15-01-2009 9:00pm

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE50E7K420090115 - its an airbus alrite...

Jimbo · 15-01-2009 9:02pm

BBC News

Highsider · 15-01-2009 9:03pm

jimbo78 wrote: »

It's horrible to think there are people trapped in there as I type this

Yeap. It's also horrible to think little childern are being killed right now as i type this in Gaza City.

galwayrush · 15-01-2009 9:04pm

jimbo78 wrote: »

It's horrible to think there are people trapped in there as I type this

Apparently it's sinking slowly. Hopefully the'll manage to get all out safely. Imagine the panic :eek:

Ciaran500 · 15-01-2009 9:05pm

Highsider wrote: »

Yeap. It's also horrible to think little childern are being killed right now as i type this in Gaza City.

We have a enough Israel/Gaza threads. Shooo

samhail · 15-01-2009 9:05pm

heh routers say more than a dozen, and bbc says 135.
hopefully there are no fatalities ! picture on bbc looks managable.

DarkJager · 15-01-2009 9:06pm

Highsider wrote: »

Yeap. It's also horrible to think little childern are being killed right now as i type this in Gaza City.

Get the violins out. Why do people take every oppurtunity to ramble on about Gaza, even when its completely irrelevant to the thread?

engrish? · 15-01-2009 9:06pm

Huge amount of the passangers are on the wings, out of the plane. Hopefully no casualties.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 15-01-2009 9:06pm

Poor people, I hate flying

All because of a bird, you think a plane would win hands down against a bird...

Looking at the pictures, it doesn't seem to look too bad. Well there are survivors anyway, and the plane seems to be floating... for the time being. Hope there are no serious casualties.

Highsider · 15-01-2009 9:06pm

Ciaran500 wrote: »

We have a enough Israel/Gaza threads. Shooo

Fair enough. Just making a point

xzanti · 15-01-2009 9:07pm

There's a still shot on Sky News right now of the jet bobbing in the water with people sitting on either wing.. Extraordinary sight.. :eek: Hope everyone's ok..

DarkJager · 15-01-2009 9:08pm

Highsider wrote: »

Fair enough. Just making a point

Well then go make it in one of the numerous threads about it, I'm sick of reading about it.

katzenjammer · 15-01-2009 9:09pm

Conor Breezy Snow wrote: »

All because of a bird, you think a plane would win hands down against a bird...

Fox news reckon twas a flock of geese

big_show · 15-01-2009 9:09pm

looks like a lot, if not all got out, some pictures on sky news, extraordinary stuff

OPENROAD · 15-01-2009 9:09pm

Incredible that the plane did not break up, wd the crew

Mark200 · 15-01-2009 9:09pm

Yeah it seems everyone got out ok fortunately.

There would have been no where else to set the plane down if birds flew into the engines, being surrounded by sky scrapers and all

phenomenon · 15-01-2009 9:09pm

Highsider wrote: »

Yeap. It's also horrible to think little childern are being killed right now as i type this in Gaza City.

We'll have to make an Israel/Gaza equivalent of Godwin's law for boards...

brianthebard · 15-01-2009 9:10pm

jimbo78 wrote: »

It's horrible to think there are people trapped in there as I type this

Better stop typing so.

kleefarr · 15-01-2009 9:10pm

Abigayle wrote: »

Saying something about hitting a bird? Hard to believe a bird could cause that.

Has Mary Harney been accounted for?

Shouldn't really be laughing, but that cracked my wife up.

Looks like plenty of people getting out. A cousin of ours flys from Le Gardia to N. Carolina.

galwayrush · 15-01-2009 9:11pm

Highsider wrote: »

Yeap. It's also horrible to think little childern are being killed right now as i type this in Gaza City.

Gaza conflict threrad(s) below.
Serious and shocking subject, but plenty of threads on the issue already, and it will only change this thread into another nit picking farce.

iPlop · 15-01-2009 9:12pm

Deleted User wrote: »

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE50E7K420090115 - its an airbus alrite...

Holy sh1t ,looks like the pilots did a good job looks intact:eek:

Hard Larry · 15-01-2009 9:13pm

They say birds took this plane down.

Where they Islamic Fundamentalist Birds? I'm sure Sky News will find out by the end of the day.

They should capture all those damn fundamentalist birds and lock them up in a High Security Aviary on an island in the Caribbean...lets say Cuba, the East side of Cuba

brettmirl · 15-01-2009 9:15pm

Hard Larry wrote: »

They say birds took this plane down.

Where they Islamic Fundamentalist Birds? I'm sure Sky News will find out by the end of the day.

They should capture all those damn fundamentalist birds and lock them up in a High Security Aviary on an island in the Caribbean...lets say Cuba, the East side of Cuba

Swan Bin Laden I heard.

In all fairness though, credit to the pilot and crew. Looks like no casualties.

Hard Larry · 15-01-2009 9:15pm

Highsider wrote: »

Yeap. It's also horrible to think little childern are being killed right now as i type this in Gaza City.

You're in Gaza City? whats the broadband connection like?

Sherifu · 15-01-2009 9:15pm

xzanti wrote: »

There's a still shot on Sky News right now of the jet bobbing in the water with people sitting on either wing.. Extraordinary sight.. :eek: Hope everyone's ok..

It's a fairly surreal picture. Hopefully the ferries will pick them all up.

OPENROAD · 15-01-2009 9:15pm

Septic Leper wrote: »

Holy sh1t ,looks like the pilots did a good job looks intact:eek:

Incredible bit of flying, incredible

Abi · 15-01-2009 9:16pm

kleefarr wrote: »

Shouldn't really be laughing, but that cracked my wife up.

Its ok to laugh at a woman post. Theres no wife, is there? ;-)

*high fives the wife*

Highsider · 15-01-2009 9:17pm

Hard Larry wrote: »

You're in Gaza City? whats the broadband connection like?

No, no i am not actually

Hard Larry · 15-01-2009 9:17pm

Highsider wrote: »

No, no i am not actually

Oh.

The Saint · 15-01-2009 9:17pm

katzenjammer wrote: »

Fox news reckon twas a flock of geese

Terrorist geese no doubt. Suicide geese if you will. No doubt Iran is involved. There's still time for Bush to invade.:pac:

Edit: Damnit Hard Larry got in before me.

Highsider · 15-01-2009 9:19pm

The geese where trained in Pakistan...according to Sky sources

timmywex · 15-01-2009 9:22pm

no reported fatalities is a good thing it must be said

Hard Larry · 15-01-2009 9:25pm

No virgins for them geese so. Infidels.

[Jackass] · 15-01-2009 9:26pm

Fair fu*ks to the pilot for getting it to the river and down safely.

Biggins · 15-01-2009 9:31pm

You'll find that one of the things the pilots did when it crashed was maybe to up the air pressure inside the plane.
This aids keeping the water out from any micro-cracks or fractures in the plane. At the very least it might slow the incoming water down a bit, giving them more time.

I'm hoping all get off ok.

phenomenon · 15-01-2009 9:32pm

Just comes to show you that it doesn't take much to take down a plane...

Clare Bear · 15-01-2009 9:32pm

Jaysus they were lucky! Fair fecks to the pilot! That's an amazing photo.

Einstein · 15-01-2009 9:33pm

Biggins wrote: »

You'll find that one of the things the pilots did when it crashed was maybe to up the air pressure inside the plane.
This aids keeping the water out from any micro-cracks or fractures in the plane. At the very least it might slow the incoming water down a bit, giving them more time.

that would be impressive considering the doors are open

chalad07 · 15-01-2009 9:35pm

Working in Midtown NY at the moment. Heard all the Emergancy Services about an hour ago, scary stuff. Fair play to the pilot, imagine the damage if this had landed right on top of the city?

Jimbo · 15-01-2009 9:38pm

chalad07 wrote: »

Working in Midtown NY at the moment. Heard all the Emergancy Services about an hour ago, scary stuff. Fair play to the pilot, imagine the damage if this had landed right on top of the city?

911 times a million I'd say

No fatalities confirmed BTW.

kleefarr · 15-01-2009 9:38pm

Abigayle wrote: »

Its ok to laugh at a woman post. Theres no wife, is there? ;-)

*high fives the wife*

There is a wife. She laughed. I chuckled.

Jet crashes into Hudson River

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