Emergency officials are responding to a downed US Airways plane in New York's Hudson River, officials say.

Thats fucked up

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Emergency officials are responding to a downed plane in the Hudson River in New York City, according to the city fire and police departments. The FAA confirmed US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 headed from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina, was down in the river following a failed takeoff. The U.S. Coast Guard said units were also responding, and a ferry on site was dropping life jackets into the water.

It looks like the pilot ditched it pretty well...as far as ditchings go.

So they sucked in a bunch of birds at the end of the runway. The pilot ditched it. The plane is floating a lil bit...but its also floating down the river according to some chick reporter.

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So they sucked in a bunch of birds at the end of the runway. The pilot ditched it. The plane is floating a lil bit...but its also floating down the river according to Rob Parker.

So you're saying we haven't heard the last from him.

ha

I wonder if this guy's wife wishes she had married a better pilot?

Too soon? T&P

ha

They're going to hear from PETA.

Apparantly it was a pretty smooth landing. I'm impressed, and I bet that pilot gets a birthday-quality BJ tonight.

I heard someone suggest on the radio that this guy be selected to do the coin flip at the Super Bowl.

That sounds like a pretty good idea.

The Prez called him, you know this guy could do nothing but interviews for a year.

Apparantly it was a pretty smooth landing. I'm impressed, and I bet that pilot gets a birthday-quality BJ tonight.
Somebody better damn well have given him a steak/bj last night.

or else UxKa is heading up there to do it himself

He prolly could have gotten about...How many passengers were on that plane?... of them.

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