Plane down in hudson river

[charleydog]

the pilot was on GMA this morning... they played the air control tapes with him communicating after take-off, and he was seemingly calm in the face of an emergency crash landing. it's wonderful that no one was seriously injured in the crash.

[RipplingWaves55]

How scary. I can think of 20 reasons right off the top of my head in not to fly in my family. My mom, me, everyone doesn't do planes here.

[k9krazee]

he was seemingly calm in the face of an emergency crash landing.

I saw that last night. I was AMAZED at how calm and collected he was. I laughed sooo hard at the end.

"Okay, which runway would you like?"
"We're going to be in the Hudson"
"Uh, I'm sorry, can you say it again?"
...
"I think he said he's going in the Hudson."

[Karen]

I saw that last night. I was AMAZED at how calm and collected he was. I laughed sooo hard at the end.

"Okay, which runway would you like?"
"We're going to be in the Hudson"
"Uh, I'm sorry, can you say it again?"
...
"I think he said he's going in the Hudson."

Paul said yesterday, "that must have been so hard to figure out out of context! I imagine one of the controllers was trying to figure out which nearby airport had a runway labeled Hudson, or next to the Hudson, before realizing - 'Oh! He means the Hudson RIVER!"

[k9krazee]

Paul said yesterday, "that must have been so hard to figure out out of context! I imagine one of the controllers was trying to figure out which nearby airport had a runway labeled Hudson, or next to the Hudson, before realizing - 'Oh! He means the Hudson RIVER!"

Oh, I didn't think of it like that, but it's very true!

[Randi]

The pilot did an amazing job there, and I can hardly believe how calm he remained. I hope he gets a medal!

Here's is a two-minute section of the conversations between the cockpit and control tower. The crew says they're likely going to end up "in the Hudson":

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline...au.html?csp=34

http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/