Daily Archives: January 16, 2009

Determined but unpredictable Hudson River landing

Posted on January 16, 2009 by

Below is a Washingtonpost.com article from 1-15-09 that encapsulates the events on the Hudson River in NYC that allowed 155 people to walk away for a ditched water landing in extremely chilly conditions. (If you don’t like this particular description … Continue reading →

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Would we praise the hudson river pilot the same if the outcome were different?

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[Update 1/20:  Here we see new details coming out on this flight... so does this change the evaluation of the consequences and behavior?] Most reports on the Hudson Plane Landing are very much a praise of the crew and the … Continue reading →

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