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Both engines missing from jet ditched in Hudson ('Miracle on the Hudson' .. 'Sully' feeling fine.)
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| 1/16/09
| Jennifer Peltz and Cristian Salazar - ap
Posted on 01/16/2009 1:50:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/16/2009 2:21:35 PM PST
by
umgud
(I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
To: xJones
Very true. But how would a flock of geese tear off two engines? Just asking, I don't pretend to know about these thingsThe engines hit the water just after the body of the plane. The engines are designed to come off when they hit something.
When hit by something going 160MPH water is very hard and will knock the engines off the plane.
The birds ruined the rotors inside the engines so they stopped producing output. The water in the river tore the engines off the plane... just as it was supposed to do.
To: patton
The dude inside needs to stop worrying about the dude on the wing, and start worrying about the fact the airplane he is in is a DeHaviland Comet. LOL. Sick joke. I like it.
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posted on
01/16/2009 2:22:30 PM PST
by
Hazwaste
(Feeling bitter and clingy since 1963.)
To: Concho
This aircraft had CFM56-5B4 engines. Operative word: “had”
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posted on
01/16/2009 2:24:48 PM PST
by
GnL
To: mikethevike
Those are cool! Can I get them at WalMart? ;-) No, but you can get some here for around $3,200 each. (Don't know if they're the same ones the jet-boot guy uses...)
People's ingenuity never ceases to amaze me.
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posted on
01/16/2009 2:25:10 PM PST
by
TChris
(So many useful idiots...)
To: patton
LOL!
I think DeHavilland installed one of those gremlins in every plane that rolled off the production line.
46
posted on
01/16/2009 2:29:06 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: Concho
Which are produced in a partnership of GE and some French company.
47
posted on
01/16/2009 2:30:08 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: GnL
48
posted on
01/16/2009 2:30:31 PM PST
by
TChris
(So many useful idiots...)
To: Common Tator
49
posted on
01/16/2009 2:32:39 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: BGHater; NormsRevenge
Would be easier to look for them on the river bank.
What morons are reporters....
To: patton
The dude inside needs to stop worrying about the dude on the wing, and start worrying about the fact the airplane he is in is a DeHaviland Comet.LMAO.
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posted on
01/16/2009 2:33:33 PM PST
by
conservative cat
("So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
To: NormsRevenge
Police divers were using sonar to find the engines, which was believed to be in the water.Who writes this crap?
Where else could they be?
"Yes, officer, I'm sure; that's not a jet engine. That's a planter I bought last year for my front yard..."
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posted on
01/16/2009 2:34:44 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: facedown
Is there a pushbutton on the dash labeled ...Jettison the engines?
To: xJones
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
God only knows what else they may find on the bottom there. a dumping ground for many years.
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posted on
01/16/2009 2:36:08 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: stubernx98
I could have prevented this.In flight, at altitude? I don't think so.
To: Common Tator
It is amazing that some need a tutorial....
To: NormsRevenge
"I heard an explosion, and I saw flames coming from the left wing, and I thought, `This isn't good,'" said Dave Sanderson, 47, who was heading home to Charlotte from a business trip. LOL! Understatement of the year!
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posted on
01/16/2009 2:37:42 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Carley
ROFL!!!
so who knows where they dropped off.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hey, I asked an innocent question, and said I didn’t anything about the subject. If that makes you laugh, good. There were several informative answers that probably helped others.
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posted on
01/16/2009 2:40:01 PM PST
by
xJones
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