I hate to beat a dead horse, but how often do you get to see photos of a crashed airliner this intact? It’s worth viewing the photos here.
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maybe because this wasn’t a crash…it was an emergency landing…and it was by a jet pilot who also not only flew gliders but was a glider instructor.
Crash…Landing….potato…..potatoe….When was the last time you “landed” in a river?
What’s this about a dead horse?
I thought it hit a flock of geese.
@#1: Gliding wouldn’t help them much just day later as ice (see it in the image) started flowing down the river… So partly a good luck.
Curious… is this plane salvageable? Will it be repainted and put into service in some central African airline? Or will Airbus have to destroy it?
With NO real knowledge, I’ll just assume that just the out of pocket cost to “repair” this a/c would be more than the cost of replacement.
Add to that the “curse” that now exists, and its PLANE to see this hulk can only be parted out==meaning the shell turned into a doughnut shop somewhere if such novelties still have a place on the branded nature of outlets today.
I have heard people argue that a water landing on a modern ultra-light fabricated airliner would lead to the entire passenger space being crushed by the cargo hold contents. I guess they are wrong, or the a320 has greater strength because of it small stature.
The plain will be a write off and sold as salvage (once the FAA is done, and all lawsuits settled). That is not to say that some parts might not find future use. I remember that BA had a 747 that was shelled on the ground in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion and was written off. Numerous parts from it found their way onto other planes, I believe an entire engine was found in use. This is very illegal and dangerous. Part forgery is a little known problem.
so not to get all sad, but i hope there were no dogs in transit under that plane.
#1 – With about 19,000 hours of flight time. Enough time to learn 10 languages fluently..
This was a 2 day story, at best, but the media is dead atm
Disclaimer: We had a Cessna 150 from ’86 to ’96
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#7 Same myth as the “small cars are deadly” nonsense.
#8
AP reports: According to US Airways spokesman Morgan Durrant, “We have confirmed there were no pets on flight 1549. These would be pets in the cabin. We don’t accept pets as cargo.”
ohh… The spectacle is not for the faint-hearted…
Too bad they couldn’t have built a cradle for it or lowered the landing gear somehow. Now the right engine and wing are even more jacked up because of all the weight resting on them.