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Default BBC has some videos of that plane...

On Jan 17, 9:52*pm, "Canuck57" wrote:
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On Jan 17, 7:01 pm, hk wrote:

...gliding into the Hudson...


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7835497.stm


Yup, saw those and a couple more on FOX this morning...
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But can't be stated enough, the pilot had his collective crap together that
time. *Landing one of those on water like that without a collision, no
power, without breakup and no serious injuries I strongly suspect isn't an
accident.


They didn't even have hydraulics for the control surfaces and had to
use an emergency hand pump, all right NOW.