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01/19/2009


Hero Pilot Invited To Inauguraton

Sullenberger_3Barack Obama's aides have invited hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger and his entire crew to attend the inauguration as guests of the new president. After striking a flock of geese upon takeoff at LaGuardia airport last week, Sullenberger safely ditched his U.S. Airways jetliner in the Hudson River with only minor injuries to his 155 passengers and crew. It was the first ever non-fatal water landing of a passenger jet.

Posted 10:55 AM EST by Joe Jervis in Barack Obama, Inauguration | Permalink

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  1. think you mean 'non-fatal'

    Posted by: b mac | Jan 19, 2009 11:01:32 AM


  2. Andy, I think you mean "non-fatal" not "now-fatal".

    Posted by: jcloud | Jan 19, 2009 11:02:45 AM


  3. typo:
    "now-fatal" should be "non-fatal"

    Posted by: what | Jan 19, 2009 11:03:01 AM


  4. Proofreaders to the rescue!

    Posted by: jcloud | Jan 19, 2009 11:08:13 AM


  5. Andy, In the interest of being accurate, Wikipedia lists several other non-fatal water landings:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_landing#Commercial_aircraft

    Posted by: homer | Jan 19, 2009 11:12:13 AM


  6. Sorry folks, that was MY typo! I'm helping Andy out while he and Corey are doing *real* journalism down in DC. I'm unfamiliar with his blog's interface and I should have caught that typo before publishing.

    Posted by: Joe Jervis | Jan 19, 2009 11:16:23 AM


  7. That pilot is Batman!

    Posted by: Michael W. | Jan 19, 2009 11:25:40 AM


  8. Joe, thanks for the assist with keeping the site updated! I think we've all been guilty of a typo here and there, so don't sweat it!

    Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Jeff Kolodjay is a totally self-obsessed publicity hound, who is capitalizing on his 15 minutes as much as humanly possible?

    Posted by: troschne | Jan 19, 2009 11:38:51 AM


  9. There was a Japan Airlines DC8 that ditched in San Francisco
    Bay in 1968.

    I think if you look into it you'll find that there were no fatalities.

    Posted by: Joren | Jan 19, 2009 11:38:52 AM


  10. Well if flight attendants are invited, then perhaps this will serve to balance the Warren selection.

    Posted by: DC comics | Jan 19, 2009 11:55:00 AM


  11. Interesting that the endless replay and coverage of the emergency water landing has lasted approximately 1080 minutes (to date) longer than the actual flight.

    And I am SO freaking glad that the reputable news outlets have finally started calling it "...an controlled emergency water landing" and not a CRASH.

    And now for them to stop calling dedicated, professional judgment, "...a MIRACLE!!". The guy did his job to the absolute best of his training and knowledge, as did all of the people who came to aid the plane. I thank him for being PROFESSIONAL, not for being a MIRACLE worker.

    Christ.

    Posted by: Rad | Jan 19, 2009 11:57:32 AM


  12. It's seems NBC screwed up on this one; this is certainly not the first non-fatal landing on water for a commercial airline. Check out the wikipedia link above for a few other examples.

    Posted by: Jeremy | Jan 19, 2009 1:06:05 PM


  13. Its great what the captain of the USAireways flight did, but I would like to mention the fact that very little has been said regarding the heroic actions of the flight attendants. "Sully" did exactly what a well trained highly accomplished pilot would do, just as the flight attendants, who are also well trained and highly accomplished, are barely mentioned. Speaking as a former flight attendant of ten years, it is no small feat to evacuate 150 ppl., from an aircraft in an emergency situation. Yet, that's what we were trained to do and did, but we're still treated as a footnote.

    Posted by: RSM | Jan 19, 2009 2:02:42 PM


  14. Its great what the captain of the USAireways flight did, but I would like to mention the fact that very little has been said regarding the heroic actions of the flight attendants. "Sully" did exactly what a well trained highly accomplished pilot would do, just as the flight attendants, who are also well trained and highly accomplished, are barely mentioned. Speaking as a former flight attendant of ten years, it is no small feat to evacuate 150 ppl., from an aircraft in an emergency situation. Yet, that's what we were trained to do and did, but we're still treated as a footnote.

    Posted by: RSM | Jan 19, 2009 2:05:10 PM


  15. Its great what the captain of the USAireways flight did, but I would like to mention the fact that very little has been said regarding the heroic actions of the flight attendants. "Sully" did exactly what a well trained highly accomplished pilot would do, just as the flight attendants, who are also well trained and highly accomplished, are barely mentioned. Speaking as a former flight attendant of ten years, it is no small feat to evacuate 150 ppl., from an aircraft in an emergency situation. Yet, that's what we were trained to do and did, but we're still treated as a footnote.

    Posted by: RSM | Jan 19, 2009 2:05:56 PM


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