posted by admin on Aug 8
New York–The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board released Coast Guard footage today of the U.S. Airways passenger plane as it conducted an emergency landing into the Hudson River Jan. 15, 2009.
The Coast Guard is conducting a safety zone around the plane, which is now located at Battery Park City, N.Y., while a commercial salvage team is working to remove the plane from the water.
The Coast Guard, New York Police and Fire Departments, New York Waterways and Circle Line ferry rescue teams launched a multi-asset response yesterday when the plane ditched onto the Hudson River, at approximately 3:30 p.m.
Upon initial notification, Coast Guard Sector New York launched a fleet of small rescue boats and the 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Ridley was diverted to the scene. The Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker also arrived on scene to ist in the search and rescue efforts and enforcement of the safety zones.
Three Coast Guard helicopters from Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., and one from Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., worked closely with New York City Police air ets to provide aerial support.
The video was captured by Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service. The purpose of a VTS is to provide active monitoring and navigational advice for vessels in particularly confined and busy waterways. There are two main types of VTS, surveillance and non-surveillance. Surveillance systems consist of one or more land-based sensors (including radar, Automated Identification Systems and closed circuit television sites), which output their signals to a central location where operators monitor and manage vessel traffic movement. Non-surveillance systems consist of one or more reporting points at which ships are required to report their identity, course, speed, and other data to the monitoring authority.
The Coast Guard operates 12 Vessel Traffic Centers (VTC): Prince William Sound, Puget Sound, Valdez, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles/Long Beach, Houston-Galveston, Berwick Bay, Louisville, Saint Mary’s River, Port Arthur, Tampa, and New York.
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August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Is that the World …
Is that the World Trade Center in the distance
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Second, once they …
Second, once they lost both engines, they lost both generators, which means they have a ram-air turbine (basically a fan) that pops out to give them EMERGENCY power only, WHICH MEANS they CAPTAIN is the one with control of the plane and the ONLY one with flight instruments IN FRONT of him.
So SOP is HE flies the plane while the FO tries to restart the engines & run checklists.
So to say he “didn’t do anything” and that he is a “douchebag” clearly shows YOU KNOW NOTHING OF WHAT YOU SAY!
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
ahhhh, the 23 …
ahhhh, the 23 year-old know-it-all canadian… This is why I have +2 and you have -3 as of right now. You don’t know what you are talking about, but get on the bus son!! It is time to go to school!
The first officer was flying the plane when they hit the birds. Do you realize how fast birds come at you in these planes? You have almost 0 time to react, plus the birds scatter when you approach them, making it even harder to avoid…. more coming…
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
shut the up, i …
shut the up, i heard it in an interview ya dumb so don’t tell me what i know and don’t know
go back to your Gay-pen homo
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
shows how much you …
shows how much you know about flying… and pretty much everything else in life.
Go back to your playpen.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
the “first officer” …
the “first officer” was the one who flew the plane into the birds and then didnt do anything after that.. that guys a douchebag
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Awesome video!!
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Awesome video!!
If you want, watch my video of ATC communications between US1549 and LGA departure.
it also has a text version so you can read along!
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Seems the clock on …
Seems the clock on this one is about one minute ten seconds behind
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
It’s always like …
It’s always like that. Quarterbacks, lead singers and so on. Everyone focuses on the leader. The rest of the team gets ignored!!!
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
i love how no one …
i love how no one gives credit to the First Officer….