US Air a/c crashes in NY.

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Originally Posted by Dino D

Is it my imagination or is there a Concorde in the background of this vid http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=lF8q6XcCNSY @1.56 mins?

No, not your imagination. That's the USS Intrepid museum complete with Concorde on an adjoining pontoon!

[Nigel C]

Footage is being shown on Ch7's Sunrise program of the splash-down moment in the Hudson River. It looked like a remarkably smooth touchdown for the first 50-80m .

[Marty H]

Originally Posted by Dino D

Is it my imagination or is there a Concorde in the background of this vid http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=lF8q6XcCNSY @1.56 mins?

Cheers,
Dino

P.s. I seem to recall the DC-9 that ditched was intact

Yes it is as it ditched close the USS Intrepid Museum.

[Bernie P]

Found this in my blog reader... Thought it was interesting, hope you do as well!!!

[Grahame Hutchison]

Interesting find, but they didn't flick the switch in this case.

[Marty H]

There are pictures of the removal of the aircraft from the Hudson on this link

http://www.airdisaster.info/forums/v...1945&start=125

[Bernie P]

Originally Posted by Grahame Hutchison

Interesting find, but they didn't flick the switch in this case.

Hi Grahame,

That may be the case (not flicking the switch) but I didn't know that such a thing existed! A great innovation if, when flicked, it actually works, whereas in this case, it was not needed...

Are flight crew specifically trained in 'flicking' the switch, or would they have an understanding of it, requiring them to read the ops manual for the procedures involved. In which case, in this incident, time would not really have allowed???

[Philip Argy]

Originally Posted by Ash W

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Looking at the footage of the US Airways crash it seems as if very few people had a life jacket on (guess not much time with this one).

Many of the passengers reported that they didn't know until they had left the a/c that they had landed in water, which is why they hadn't donned a life jacket. The "brace brace" mantra obviously worked well but is it possible that the cabin crew forgot to tell pax that they were in the water?

[Brad L.]

The 'Ditching' button is not only used if the aircraft is to be ditched.

It is also used when the aircraft is being de-iced.

As the button effectively seals up the aircraft, it prevents any fumes from the de-ice fluid from entering the aircraft's air-conditioning system and thus into the cabin.

- Brad

[Montague S]

http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos....gsearch=N106US

few more images from our friends in NY.