AProudLefty (09-16-2020)
AProudLefty (09-16-2020)
Doc Dutch (09-16-2020)
AProudLefty (09-16-2020), Doc Dutch (09-16-2020)
FWIW I've met Captain Sullivan a couple times at annual ALPA Safety conference in DC. Really nice guy and very humble. Part of that is because he knows as well as most airline pilots that it was partially his fault.
His mistake is in the CVR transcript: https://www.tailstrike.com/150109.htm
15:26:07 HOT-1 fifteen.
15:26:08 HOT-2 fifteen. climb.
15:26:10 HOT-1 climb set.
15:26:16 HOT-2 and flaps one please.
15:26:17 HOT-1 flaps one.
15:26:37 HOT-1 uh what a view of the Hudson today.
15:26:42 HOT-2 yeah.
15:26:52 HOT-2 flaps up please, after takeoff checklist.
15:26:54 HOT-1 flaps up.
15:27:07 HOT-1 after takeoff checklist complete.
15:27:10.4 HOT-1 birds.
15:27:11 HOT-2 whoa.
15:27:11.4 CAM [sound of thump/thud(s) followed by shuddering sound]
15:27:12 HOT-2 oh #.
15:27:13 HOT-1 oh yeah.
15:27:13 CAM [sound similar to decrease in engine noise/frequency begins]
15:27:14 HOT-2 uh oh.
15:27:15 HOT-1 we got one rol- both of 'em rolling back.
15:27:18 CAM [rumbling sound begins and continues until approximately 15:28:08]
15:27:18.5 HOT-1 ignition, start.
15:27:21.3 HOT-1 I'm starting the APU.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
AProudLefty (09-16-2020)
Doc Dutch (09-16-2020)
AProudLefty (09-16-2020)
AProudLefty (09-16-2020)
That's the problem. To see the Hudson on climbout out he has to be looking out the side window. He wasn't looking straight ahead to spot the flock of geese...which is pretty fucking hard to miss if you're looking at them.
I have the highest respect for Captain Sullivan. He and his First Officer, Jeffrey Skiles, did an excellent job putting it down safely and getting everyone off the aircraft. Sully ran to the back of a sinking airplane to make sure no one was left aboard.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
AProudLefty (09-16-2020)
Because, like reporters, Hollywood assholes don't know shit about flying. Hollywood movies with airplanes in them almost always have some major bullshit in them.....a fact my wife found out when we first started dating and we'd watch a movie with flying in it. She'd be watching, getting into the drama and I'd suddenly shout "Bullshit!" Some are pretty bad such as going from the cabin into the cargo compartment or some nonsense about pressurization.
From Sully's flight:
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
AProudLefty (09-16-2020)
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
AProudLefty (09-16-2020)
Doc Dutch (09-16-2020)
AProudLefty (09-16-2020)
Doc Dutch (09-16-2020)
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