Pilot Is Hailed After Jetliner’s Icy Plunge
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
New York Times: January 15, 2009
A plane ran into a flock of Canadian geese, and some got caught in the engines, and the pilot was trying to safely land the plane. It landed in the Hudson River. “It made this huge, gigantic splash, and I actually thought it was a boat crash at first,” said Fulmer Duckworth, who works in computer graphics for Bank of America. If I was in that plane, I would probably never want to ride in a plane ever again.
Everyone got out safely, and ferry boats and tugboats helped the people get back to shore. The water was 35 degrees, so some people got hypothermia, which means you don't have enough heat in your body. When I heard about it on the radio, I was wondering how they would be able to get the plane out to inspect it. Then the next day I found out that they got all the pieces out of the water except for one of the engines. They needed both engines to see what caused them to stop. I'm not sure if they have found it or not, but I hope they do.
I'm glad that they have all these safety methods because otherwise I wouldn't feel safe in a plane. I still love going on planes, they're fun.
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Ummm... you took my topic!
I think the blogs were different enough. What did you think, Logan? Marielle said what she thought about the safety of planes and I really liked that about her blog. Great job, Marielle!
I think that is a great blog!
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