🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To THE MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON!
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- 🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To THE MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON!
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Hi everyone, I’m Kabir and welcome to another episode of Kabir Considers! In this video I’m going React To THE MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON!
• The Miracle On The Hud...
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The best footage is when only one person is left standing on the wing awaiting rescue... Captain Sully whose name and face are instantly recognizable to any American.
He is so humble too
@@bdonkulousgames8562 sooooo humble! True Hero!
Sully knew exactly what he was doing when he chose to land in the water. He avoided hitting into buildings and causing major catastrophe if he didn’t do what he did. All passengers were rescued. It was also a very frigid day when this happened. It was sad to watch him recount this day during the investigation. They tried to somewhat say that he had other options. Thankfully he was cleared. Also note he was the last one off that plane. He went up and down those rows making sure no one was left behind.
Yup he did everything he was supposed to do.
He went through all the check lists multiple times, the NTSB is always going to go at the pilot first especially when there was no other event like this. He deserved to be let off, and both ATC and the pilots did perfectly.
The idea that NTSB and FAA went after them was invented for the movie. After their testimony and some of the preliminary facts came in they supported them 100%. Before facts are known, no-one are accused, only investigated. Most accidents are only physically possible due to human error.
@@Karle94 that's not exactly true, the NTSB attempted to show he had other options and could have made it back to an airport. The NTSB put over 100 pilots in training simulators and not a single one of them successfully landed with no deaths. Some that insisted on staying the course ended up crashing and killing the passengers as well as many people on the ground.
Even other pilots who followed his lead were not able to land so successfully on the river and give people adequate time to get out of the plane to the wing and to the rescue boats. He literally pulled off a miracle landing.
@@kelliehatch1712 I think the key thing here is trying to show that other options are available != going after the pilot. If the NTSB determined it would have been possible to make it, then that may have informed future pilot training exercises. However pilots are not expected to make a snap second decision equal in quality to one made out of a hundred simulators worth of testing. Even had they found another option, there is no way "pilot error" would have been on the report as a cause. Its always good to check if things could have gone better in case there is a next time.
The movie then played this testing up to be adversarial, when it was actually quite corporative
A Canada Goose can weigh over 11 pounds (5kg) - more than one went through each engine - irrecoverably damaging both engines at the same time
I think the entire radio conversation from requesting emergency landing to deciding to land in the Hudson was around one and a half minutes. That is an incredibly short amount of time. And they made every correct decision.
As Sully has noted on a number of occasions, he & his copilot readily saw that the Hudson was he only place he could make a landing. So the decision was kind of made for them. Makes us appreciate pilots & their flight crews even more. Had the flight attendants not done their jobs in an outstanding manner, some lives would have been lost that day.
My husband went to the Air Force Academy with him. Talk about God preparing you for a job! Sully loved to fly guiders if you wanted him just go to the airfield, he still flew guiders. I met his family at a reunion just before this happened very sweet family.
Bird strike is deadly! The engine have bunch of fans blades that pull the air through the engine that pushes it forward. Think of a tornado laying on its side with 100 blades, it only takes one crack blade to change the balance. Husband a retired pilot, I worked production control on jet engines. Each one is active.
All planes can float for a short time.
You want to really find out what happened, listen to the audio! Unbelievable how much time they didn't have
And how relatively calm they were. You can hear the stress in their voices but they kept the panic in check.
The amazing thing for me was how CALM Capt Sullenberger was, love former military pilots!!
I was working on the 44th floor of a building in midtown and saw at the last second a plane looking like it was going to land in the Hudson but then it went lower than I could see - totally did not believe a plane was landing in the Hudson and then got a call from my mom “a plane just crashed in the Hudson!” - was awesome it had this happy ending!
The advantage of "Equipped for a water landing" was that everybody got a life vest, and the slides could act like rafts.
most large aircraft break up during ditching operations from the force of the impact - there are multiple examples in the last 30 years.
The fact that this did not happen is entirely due to the skill of the pilot in setting the aircraft down.
No disrespect to Sully, but the planes that broke up were trying to land in the ocean and faced large waves.
@@sanniepstein4835 Indeed, the mirror smooth hudson that day was quite different from swelling ocean waves.
@@SwirlingSoul Yes that's true. If this had happened on a flight out of Kennedy Airport, a water landing would have been very treacherous since one engine hitting the water spins the aircraft when hitting the sea.
Man. That seems like yesterday. From what all of the news anchors said, a water landing of a large passenger plane is very challenging and usually doesn't end well. Sully Sullenberger is regarded as an American hero.🇺🇲
I do, too. Watching to be certain there were 155 souls rescued. Insane.
Yeah, this was a "gotta get Tom Hanks to play this guy" incident. (He did). Sully saved a lot more lives than just those on the planes. If the plane had gone down in the middle of Manhattan, that would have been catastrophic. Hell, I was on the West Side of Manhattan that day, so for all I know he saved my life. As someone who didn't live in New York on 9/11, I remember being on my lunch break that day and just suddenly seeing the most emergency vehicles I've ever seen in my life heading west. That was the day that I learned there are cop cars disguised as cab because they were suddenly there with their lights and sirens as well. I only found out what had happened when I got back to my office. My favorite coverage of this was when Sully was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart afterwards. Jon started by saying that they could see the plane in river out of the windows at their office, but it was so surreal that they thought "that's a really complicated episode of Law and Order they're shooting out there." And when asked what Sully what changes he might want to see after the incident. He replied that they had huge manuals in the cockpit with all kinds of instructions for different situations. His recommendation? Tabs. That manual needs tabs.
The NTSB conducted multiple simulations to see what other actions were possible. The pilots who did the simulations were briefed and told when they would hit the birds, they were told EXACTLY what was wrong plane and to begin the return as soon as they struck the birds. Even with perfect information only 53% of the pilots managed to land back at the airport safely. In a single simulation it added in a 35 second delay to simulate the time it would take for the pilots to figure everything out, that simulation ended in a crash. Basically, there was almost no way any pilot could make it safely to an airport.
I've also heard that only a very small number of very experienced pilots were able to replicate Sully's landing, even knowing what was coming and what to do.
Sully lives near us in the Bay Area and is often called upon when someone knowedgeable is needed re: pilot/aline rules and regulations and opinions. He's a gracious and modest person. I'd fly anywhere if he was my pilot.
This may have been mentioned, I haven’t read all the comments. Sully also piloted gliders as a hobby so he had exceptional knowledge of how to glide a plane to a safe landing. I remember this on the news and the movie is really good.
Gotta love Sully's landing of that plane. He used literally all of his knowledge and skills to make sure every single passenger walked away okay! He's a hero!
The movie on this story is sooo good!
I’ll check it out this weekend!
@@kabirconsiders You should record your reaction to it and start a movie reaction channel.
Hi Kabir! To answer some of the questions you had in the video, here's a couple:
Aircraft service length: Aircraft usually used for passengers often fly for about 15-20 years. After that, they are then flown for another 35-40 years as freighters. The other day I saw a UPS MD-11 taking off out of Los Angeles International Airport that was 64 years old, so it's safe to say that they last for quite a while (if well maintained and flown).
Why do engines fail when birds enter them?: Any sort of F.O.D. or Foreign Object Debris getting ingested into an engine, no matter how big or small the engine or object is, is not going to be good. Something as small as a finch getting sucked into a 737 engine can and will cause damage to the inner workings of the engine. At speeds of 150-250 mph which is usually the impact velocity of an aircraft and bird, the damage will be significant. Even if the aircraft wasn't moving, the engine spinning at such a fast rate will surely cause damage. This in turn may lead to something called a compressor stall, which is where the airflow that is required is not met, causing the engine to backfire basically and shoot flames out of the exhaust. At this point, the engine is producing little to no power and it's safer to shut it down.
Are the recommendations put into effect?: Depends. Following these recommendations and putting forth safer, more effective ways of preventing it from happening again will get the company out of having to pay money. If they don't follow the recommendations, they will have to pay up, and it's usually not cheap.
Cost of auctioned aircraft: Again, it depends on the state of the aircraft. If it's relatively modern (glass cockpit, well maintained, etc.) it can still be sold in the millions. However, if you have an aircraft built in the '70s, hasn't flown for a few years, and is looking to be used for scrap parts, then you can find them for pretty cheap prices. I recently saw a 737-500 (retired from Southwest Airlines) selling for $100,000. So, it all depends, just like a car.
Hope that answers some of your questions! I love aviation and I appreciate any reactions you do towards it. (I would love if you reacted to a windy landing compilation)
Thanks so much for answering my questions Nick!
As a previous aircraft engines' engineer, beautifully answered 👍 I've seen terrible damage to an engine from a single wedding ring left in the inlet.
Ooh, and something else to check out is what happens when ash or sand enter an airplane engine. Fascinating stuff, if not also terrifying.
@@alexandria1680 Any kind of FOD (Foreign Object Damage) can be serious or disastrous to a turbine engine.
@@peterhobson3262 yep. My point exactly.
I believe that after 9/11 and the amazing boat lift rescue operation, which was a spur of the moment thing, they have conducted training for rescues like this. That is why the boat captains knew immediately what to do. Bravo 👏 👏 👏 to all involved.
interstate fact: my first ever flight was into charlotte and there was high winds and APPARENTLY our left was 4 feet off the ground when we landed (basically almost died) and that was after 2 fly arounds.. anyway our pilot was trained by sully… which is probably why i’m alive…
You would be surprised how big and solid canadian geese are. We had one that had been shot by a hunter crash into the steps of our wooden deck and it broke through a solid piece of 2×8. There actually was a local woman who was in her early 40s that was struck in the head by a falling goose and was killed. Its like a sand bag falling from the sky.
As a training pilot rn these guys are some of my hero’s. Not just Sully himself but the entire flight crew. It takes great communication and teamwork to use all your abilities to save the lives of 100s
I remember waking up one morning in the Philippines and seeing this on the news. It’s quite remarkable. They made a movie out of it, with none other than Tom Hanks playing Sully
13 years ago! No wonder so many young adults today have never heard of this event.
You know, what isn't talked about is how relatively close to 9/11 this happened. As one who lives in New York, and was here for both events the scar of the first on the psyche of the city made this event extremely scary. It was a similar feeling that happened for the November 2001 crash in Queens.
A plane that's not equipped for a water landing won't sink any faster than this one, it just doesn't carry life vests and rafts. And this one only took on water because a hatch was opened that shouldn't have been.
All airliners carry inflatable life vests, they have to. It's only a problem due to passengers being dumb and inflating them inside before the plane lands in the water.
I always thought it was ironic that all passenger airplanes carry linflatable life vests, but none of them carry a single parachute, but that's life I guess. :)
@@Trifler500 Parachutes require training and certification to use, not to mention that they take up a lot of space. High up it is impossible to open the doors on an airplane due to the massive pressure difference between the outside and inside.
@@Karle94 I get it. I know there are good reasons. I just feel like I'd rather use a parachute with no training with a low chance of success than not.
I've imagined a plane designed with the roof designed to detach in such an emergency, with one parachute attached to each three-seat frame. This would then release the seat frame from the plane in a staggered fashion and deploy the chute automatically, lowering the three passengers like cargo. I read that studies concluded that something of this sort could be done, but the situations were considered rare enough to not make that sort of effort.
@@Karle94 well planning to go for a certificate after college
Canada geese can have a 6 ft wing span. They’re not as heavy as they look (as usual for birds) but they are really big birds.
1:52 A lot of the time, the major airlines in wealthy countries will have planes that are perfectly fine still, but due to technological upgrades through the years, they'll move on to planes that are newer with better fuel efficiency(thats why the 747 is basically done) and can have more modern amenities. They usually then sell them to airlines in less wealthy countries.
I’ll never forget this. I’d just flown from LGA to Dublin the day before. I was glued to the TV in my hotel room waiting for my Dad and Bro who were flying in from CA to arrive. It truly is a miracle that they all survived.
Engines actually get knocked out by birds quite frequently. However, this was the first time that both engines had been knocked out simultaneously on a plane. In the movie I watched about it, the investigators refused to believe it was possible that both engines were knocked out until late into the investigation when all of the evidence confirmed that's what happened.
I like that you remembered the Boatlift when they said how ferries came to help cause it’s the one thing I love about NYC. Yes some people are rude to each other here but when it comes to the important moments NYC and the NJ area comes together and helps out each other. Like the ferries were at the plane within minutes of the plane in the water. 4 or 5 boats got there and picked up most of the people before the NYPD water response got there. Also the video doesn’t say that it was January and it was cold it was 19° F that’s like -7°C so it was good that the boats got there fast. But also if you found this interesting watch the Movie Sully it’s about this whole event Tom Hanks plays Sully it’s really good
People in the NYC Metro are tough & resilient!
Sully also had a hobby of flying glider planes. So, he knew how to fly with no engine.
Flying a glider, and gliding am Airbus IS NOT the same thing! Lol
@@fionnmaccumhaill3257 I agree with your observation, but that wasn't the point I was trying to make. But thank you for your response.
@@fionnmaccumhaill3257 No, it's not, but the point is, Sully knew about things like glide ratios and other things needed to fly an unpowered aircraft.
@@SpearM3064 There is also knowing the "feel" of unpowered vs. powered flight, something that only comes with experience.
This pilot has nerves of steel. He was so calm. The bird strike stopped both engines. It was basically a glider. Watch the full video of this. The pilot was so matter of fact. It's amazing.
I use to be in the US Marine Corps where I worked on A-6s and F-18s aircraft. The engines on a military aircraft that I worked on, are just a little under half as large as a passenger aircraft. Every day that I went to work and before flights, everyone that worked on the flight deck, would line up in a single line, abreast to get other and about 2 feet from each other (which would be about 150 troops in length). We would slowly walk forward picking up anything from the flight deck, that could FOD (Foreign Object Damage). Basically, we were told if it doesn't grow, it goes. A small rock can damage a 3 fan engine on a military aircraft easily. One aircraft can cost up to multi millions of dollars. A bird can knock out an engine easily because of the parts inside of the engine work together to keep fuel running through it. A small rock can knock out a fuel line causing the engine to stop working or what we call, 'flame out'. Aircraft are tough for the much part but they have many weaknesses. A ground crew member can be the cause of an accident for an aircraft just as easily as the flight crew because the fact that if the people that are working on the aircraft doesn't take care of the details then people can die and aircraft can be damage.
You should read Sully's book, "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters" -- it's his autobiography, and a complete description of the events of that day. What helped Sully immensely is that he was an experienced glider pilot.
I remember watching this on TV. It was awesome to see everyone lived because when they said a plane crashed on the Hudson River the first thought was no one is living through that.
One thing that's not usually mentioned about Sully..besides for his spectacular experience...in his spare time, he learned to fly gliders...which obviously played a huge part in his water landing and was probably what saved everyone.
And after this the pilot was very humble about it. I can't remember the exact quote but he basically said I'm just a man who was doing his job, I'm just glad it worked and everyone was ok.
When I was a teaching at a high school in Charlotte, the mother of one of my students was on this flight.
I remember this day; I was at work when it happened, but I was more of a news junkie then and was glued to the updates.
Also, I love your sweater (jumper).
The engines cut out because they ingested some of the geese they struck. These are big birds compared to the ones they used for engine certification (which weigh 4 lbs/≈.3 Stone/1.8 kilos), weighing in at an average of 8 lbs/.6 Stone/3.6 kilos. Cactus 1549’s engines ingested at least three geese-one in one engine, two in the other-and the geese weighed enough to severely damage the engines, to the point of being non-functional, even as the turbines killed them. (Tends to happen when you chuck something into a jet engine. Or, unwittingly fly into one, in the case of these geese.)
I encourage you to watch a couple of more extensive tellings of the Miracle on the Hudson: 1) the episode “Hudson River Runway” from the docuseries _Air Crash Investigation_ (we call it _Air Disasters_ over here, and the original Canadian title is _Mayday: Air Disasters,_ but _Air Crash Investigation_ is what the UK decided to call it. You’ll find it on Discovery Channel UK, I think. Either that or National Geographic; it’s also been uploaded to UA-cam on the channels On the Move and Wonder), and 2) the movie _Sully,_ which, while slightly dramatised, depicts the events almost exactly as they happened in real life.
I suggest the _Air Crash Investigation_ episode first because it is a 100% accurate reconstruction and break down both of the ditching itself and the NTSB’s investigation into what happened. _Sully_ depicts the NTSB as being somewhat antagonistic towards Captain Sully and F.O. Skiles, which was pretty much the _only_ thing Captain Scully objected to. (Yes, he helped make it.)
Over here on UA-cam, there’s also a Swedish airline captain under the username Mentour Pilot who posts air accident/incident breakdowns every Saturday. The Miracle on the Hudson was one of the first ones he covered (though not _the_ first). He’s excellent at explaining the more technical aspects involved in investigating air accidents for laypeople. Highly recommend that too. (And yes, his videos _are_ in English even though he’s a Swede; people who work in aviation _have_ to be able to speak English to a reasonable degree of proficiency in order to do their jobs. It’s to prevent language barriers getting in the way of communication between ATC and Pilots, which has caused crashes in the past.)
I was in the USAF many years before this and stunned that Sully took that airbus in safely! This guy was a genuine hero who never lost his wits at the cockpit and with his skill saved 150 people. So proud of this man, and his is as modest as they come. A genuine hero. In New York, we don't f-- around, everyone helps.
This was absolutely unbelievable!! But he pulled it off! What a pilot! There is a movie with Tom Hanks I think as Sulley!
Tom seems to be pretty good portraying a flight commander who gets out of difficult situations, Apollo 13 years ago, and now this! Had both those events happened a couple decades before, it would have been James Stewart playing Jim Lovell and Capt Sullenberger.
Some of the birds went into the engines unfortunately. Canadian Geese are large birds.
if you haven't seen or heard it yet, i highly suggest searching for the audio of Sully's conversations with air traffic control. it's incredible how calm he sounded when saying he was landing on the Hudson. his experience definitely saved so so many lives that day.
Airliners typically stay in service for three decades or more, but their service life is often measured in “cycles,” not years. A cycle is a plane taking off, then ascending to high altitude and pressurizing the cabin, then descending to land and depressurizing the cabin again. A plane that has many short flights will “age” faster than a plane that makes longer nonstop flights, even if they have the the same number of hours in the air and are the same age. The number of cycles will have a big effect on the value a plane has on the secondhand market.
Beyond age and the number of cycles, some relatively new planes are retired early because they’re no longer economical to operate. This is happening to a lot of the four-engined wide bodies like the A380, A340, and 747-8, which are seeing shorter service lives because the newer wide body twin jets (777, 787, A330, and A350) are so much more efficient.
Tom Hanks starred as Captain Sully in a movie called Sully. It's a great movie that gives a comprehensive look at the crash, investigation and the experiences of Sully, along with co-pilot and, minimally, the crew.
Tom Hanks plays the captain in the movie Sully. Excellent movie.
Another avi a tion story happened on 911. All flights to US were diverted to New Foundland. Heartwarming story. A play was made and featured on Broadway
Kabir, thank you, this was really a miracle.
This incident has been made into a movie too of the same name. Would recommend seeing it.
Hi Kabir, A movie was made about it called Sully. Starring Tom Hanks. Good movie.
Love Your channel .You seem So genuinely nice. Best of luck And good fortune In 2022 with your channel Been following you for A year now . 🇺🇸🥰
Thanks so much JL :)
3:10 when a birdstrike happens, it can in a small percentage of cases, (such as this one) severely damage the jet engines, as they are composed of highly intricate high-speed rotating parts, they can splinter, which the metal that splinters is then tumbled around by the immense pressure from wind and causes even more damage. When the engines were recovered, they discovered it was impossible to restart the engines and Sullenberger and Skiles were then cleared from any further investigation.
I heard at the time that the Captain was an expert glider pilot, and that as much as anything else was why he could set it down without power, and it not break apart.🐝🤗❤️
"Bird strike testing..."
If I recall correctly, the test involves shooting a chicken carcass into the test engine with a cannon-like apparatus.
It did not crash!!! He LANDED on the Hudson...LANDED!!
They made a movie about the story and Tom Hanks played Sully. In the movie, they tried to blame Sully for landing in the Hudson which pissed me off more than I can say. Eventually, they tried to recreate the incident with pilots in a training simulator. No one could land successfully unlike Sully. He and Stiles were both pilots in the military which I think added to the survival of everyone onboard. Good movie. Check it out, I think it’s called Sully.
There is a movie called "Sully", with Tom Hanks, that tells the whole story. You can find clips on UA-cam were they reenact the flight so you can have a better understanding of what it was like for the passengers and crew.
Kabir, you should look up other videos on this that will actually show you close ups of when the plane actually "hit" the river. I think you will get a better understanding why this was called a miracle. This video didn't show the landing very well.
Full grown canadian geese can be up to 45 inches in length ,and the wingspan could reach 75 inches. Both engines were on fire.
If you have a chance, listen to the ATC recording - the controller just gets depressed as the incident continues. You can hear depression settling in on him. Gotta feel good that it turned out ok.
Definitely see the video!! Its a great film.
I have seen Canadian Geese migrate here to Florida during the Winter and it truly is a sight to behold. They fly in a "V" formation and they could number well over a fifty at a time in a flock. When I heard that it was this type of Bird to strike the Engines I wasn't surprised that the engines failed.
In the US the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) investigates accidents and incidents and makes recommendations for improving safety. In aviation, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) can act on those recommendations and make requirements for operation, maintenance, and construction of aircraft. Other countries have similar organizations.
*It always is a surprise to me how so many young people manage to miss hearing about events like this...*
Tom Hanks olayed Sully in the film:
"Miracle On The Hudson" ...
I have it in dvd and it's a good film...
*2009 wasnt so long ago after all and it was on the tv news so I'd've thought nost people shouldve seen it?!*
This event was made into a movie, actually! Tom Hanks played Sully in the movie "Sully".
(I'm sure some things were either dramatized, or left out. I haven't seen it yet)
I was in New York when this happened 2009 , Sully did a great job n stayed calm
The life of a commercial airliner can be complex. They can be in service for about 20 years but that number is dependent on two factors: 51,000 fight hours and 75,000 pressurization cycles respectively. The longer it is in the air, the more wear and tear on the engines and the more pressurization cycles the plane goes through, the more wear and tear on the fuselage and wings. These are independently factored into the life span.
The average passenger jet can remain air worthy for around 30 years with proper checks and maintenance, your also right about the engines not supposed to cut out like that, but most of the time their tested on frozen chickens weighing about 5-7 pounds and 1 at a time, the flight hit multiple geese and more than one went into the engines and they weighed up to 10 pounds each, which broke fan blades in the engine and sucked them into the delicate parts causing the engines to fail, also the recommendations and stuff can be manditory if the problem could cause lose of life, like say for example the entire fleet of Airbus A380 had a fault with the rudder or elevators that causes it to become uncontrollable, then the NTSB can ground the Entire Fleet until it gets fixed, where as if its minor or a rare occurance its not manditory
I remember this day. I lived and worked in nyc and we all thought of 9/11 when we first heard about it. Sully is truly remarkable and a hero!
Yep, a fantastic story of true heroism!
the boats werent close by. the ferries saw the wreck and rushed to the scene to save ppl. when they mean water landing dont have anything to do with the plane sinking. it just means life vest and the inflatable slides are part of the plane
Now that's a pilot. My hero
Cpt Sully is one of the few people i got motivated to study aviation! i'm trying to pass my private pilot written exam before beginning IFR training
There was a movie made in 2016 staring Tom Hanks called "Sully" about this incident.
4:00 - The passengers were so grateful to Sully, having kept in touch with him after the "incident", that quite a few of them bought tickts to be on his last flight, due to mandatory U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations that commercial pilots must retire at age 65.
Check out the actual short documentary of this incident on UA-cam. You get to hear peoples 911 calls. And see the plane on CCTV. You get to hear the pilots etc.
There was a movie made about it which is really worth a watch. Capt Sully was criticised but defended himself admirably.
Some people buy the planes and turn them into houses, usually in the woods. They look really awesome when they are complete with all the comforts of home.
They didn’t mention that afterwards it was noted that pilot, Sully, was an experienced glider pilot. That was a contributing factor to his able to land on the Hudson River!
I remember that day.. it was cold. Freezing cold. Watched it live on local NYC news. All I could think was how awful it would be to have to go in that water.
B-52 bombers have been flying for 70 years. Some DC-3's have been in airline service for 90 years (I think the last one was just retired). A plane can fly indefinitely. But there is a break even point for airlines where it makes more sense to replace an aging plane (20 years or so old) with a new one. You can fly one for a long time. You would eventually change every part out & some you would replace multiple times. 3:14 Once more than a few birds are ingested into the engine, they stop. And the Canadian goose is a very large bird. A couple of those will stop an engine. 8:15 When a large object hits the fans spinning that fast some will shatter. Making foreign object ingestion even worst as the engine basically swallow it's own parts. It is a domino effect. 9:44 NTSB makes recommendations. The FAA has an option to put 'directives' in place for airlines to follow.
@Kabir If you're interested in learning more, there's a good movie drama about this event, which is itself called "Miracle on the Hudson". It's not a documentary.
Sully was such a big deal in the US that Tom Hanks plays him in the movie.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
See the movie, it stars with Tom Hanks as Sully… it shows exactly what happens early on in the movie
I work on 52nd Street but not close enough to the Hudson River. We were all watching the news reports on our screens in real time.
Airliners can be in service for a surprisingly long time- Like 2 decades or more
As long as the major moving parts are replaced and well-maintained and the structural integrity of the body (fuselage) is in order, planes are very long-lasting
Unless you have seen a Canadian Goose in person, you have no concept of how big those birds really are! They are bigger than the turkeys we cook each Thanksgiving, and we generally don't cook any bird under 16 pounds. Those suckers are massive!
I have seen them here in Florida when they migrate and they are incredible to see them in flight.
Plane service lenght depends on maintanence and the carrier. Commercial planes are often used for 30-40 years, either on the same airline or leased amongst different airlines. The US Airforce B-52's are 70 years old.
DC 10’s, 747’s, 727’s, and MD11’s are still flighting from the 60’s.
From what I understand, Captain Sully has extensive training as a glider pilot. Because the plane had no engines functioning, part of the success of this landing was due to this knowledge.
Hey Kabir, the engines cut out because they hit a flock of Canadian geese. Found this on Wiki: "The male Canada goose usually weighs 2.6-6.5 kg (5.7-14.3 lb)." That's a big bird. Imagine about two dozen (rough guess) impacting the jet engines. Those engines suck in a LOT of air so the birds bodies, internal organs and all those feathers just clog up and overwhelm the intake, starving the engine of the air it needs to operate as well in addition to the debris that the engines ingested. So they died. And could not be restarted. The fact that Sully was so experienced was, IMHO, the miracle. And luck. But he pulled off the seemingly impossible. Other commercial pilots are being taught that lesson now. Let's hope that they never have to use it.
Keep in mind that this was just a few years after 911.. so the sight of an airplane in the air over New York was quite noticeable.
When you fly, you hope and pray you have pilots with the skill and emotional calm of pilots like Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger.
The reason it was called "Cactus 1549" was because Phoenix based America West had merged with US Airways a few years earlier. AW had essentially bought US Airways out of bankruptcy so they were the controlling entity and decided to keep the "Cactus" radio callsign.
I actually saw part of this. I had driven up from college in Maryland to New York for the holidays and I saw it mostly sunken in the river with the cops and fire dept trying to figure out how to fish it out.
Anyone who was alive and old enough in America at that time knows about this, or was such a major event. I can't believe that it was all the way back in 2009 though. I was only 11 at the time, but I instantly recalled the pilot's name was Captain Sully at the beginning of this video even though I probably haven't heard about it since the accident happened
The crew was on a late night talk show (Letterman?) and the co-pilot was *so* funny!
As a aviation mechanic, it only takes one screw, one washer, one coin and yes birds can bring down a plane. Aircraft engines are delicate
Some people that don’t get enough credit are the incredible engineers that put in the work to ensure on the off chance that this plane ever lands on water that it floats for as long as possible.
There is a movie about this story called Sully. Tom Hanks plays the roll of Sully, its a pretty solid movie.
A movies was made with Tom Hanks as Captain Sully. Great film
The NTSB doesn't have the power to create new regulations for aviation. That responsibility would go to the FAA. The NTSB's purpose is to investigate incidents related to transportation in general and make recommendations for changes.
Both are part of the Department of Transportation