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POPSAuxiliary Power Unit Helped Capt.Sullenberger III Land Aircraft Safely
Gary Hummel, training committee chairman for the U.S. Airline Pilots Association, said Monday that the pilots do train for dual-engine failures in simulators, but at much higher altitudes. Mr. Hummel, who has flown the A320 in the past but now flies Boeing 767s for US Airways, says the carrier's pilots "do not practice ditching" in simulators. But in addition to basic flying skills, the ditching also underscores another factor pilots should consider in surviving such emergencies: the need to quickly choose a course of action, even if it goes against normal procedures. Barely 30 seconds after his aircraft hit the birds and lost nearly all thrust from both engines, the captain disregarded the advice of air-traffic controllers and decided that ditching in the Hudson was the best option. "The timeliness of that decision gave the crew time to set up properly" for touchdown more than two minutes later, "Good judgment allowed them to use their skills to make that perfect landing."
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POPSSuper Sully: How Crash Landing Hero Pulled Off The Incredible have resulted in the plane cartwheeling on impact with the water and potentially killing those on board. 'Fantastic job' "By the look of it he's done a fantastic job, the aircraft looks to be in fantastic shape," Mr Jackson said. The successful ditching has energized pilots, many of whom appeared skeptical as to whether it was possible. Pilots also did not train for ditching, both Mr Jackson and Mr Glynn said. "He needed to keep the wings level as much as he could but, given one engine could have had more damage than the other, this would have been difficult," he said. "If a wing had pitched into the water first, the aircraft would have cartwheeled" As it turned out, Mr Sullenberger brought the plane down nose-up with wings level, allowing the tail to break the surface of the water first, Mr Jackson said. In a comment reflective of many of the comments on the online pilot forum, user PPRuNe said: "Remarkable, just proves you can ditch."
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POPSMiracle Emergency Airliner Landing In Hudson River "He did a masterful job of landing the plane in the river," the mayor said of the veteran pilot who lives near San Francisco. With water seeping into the plane, Sullenberger, a former fighter pilot, walked up and down the center aisle twice to make sure nobody was left before he joined the exodus from the jet, the mayor said. "He was the last one off the plane," Bloomberg said. Meanwhile, investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board began inspecting the 9-year-old Airbus A320, which was towed to Battery Park City and moored to a bulkhead just north of the World Financial Center. It appeared to be the first time in 45 years that a major aircraft crash-landed in the water - and every passenger on board made it out alive. Former Airbus executive George Hamlin said the pilot deserves a big thank you from the city.
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POPS'Wild-Eyed’ Bush Thumped Chest: ‘I Am The President!’ Is this a joke?? (We all know Bush is a joke, it's the article I mean.) He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of “our country’s destiny.” And that destiny would be what? Economic collapse? Endless wars? Dictatorship? Fascism? Land of the not-so-Free? World War lll? Give us a clue, Mr Boosh! Too many choices!
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