Friday, January 16, 2009

N.Y. splash landing

I read an article in USA Today about a plane that crashed in the Hudson river. It was said that a flock of birds were the cause of the plane crash. The pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger was a former Air Force fighter and has flown for U.S. Airways for 29 years. The cause of the plane crash was due to birds causing both engines to fail at once. Birds often get tangled up in the engines of airplanes but they rarely cause a plane to crash.
I am an avid flyer since I have family in three different states. Ever since I was a little kid I have loved to fly. Reading articles like this kinda makes you think about what could happpen next and whether or not it will happen to you. However, I have read many articles such as this one andmany others including ones about September 11, 2001 and yet flying has never bothered me to any extent. What I'm really wondering is how do others feel about flying on comercial airliners.

1 comment:

  1. We have just come through two years without a single death on an American based flight. This if the first time this has happened since the beginning of the jet age.

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