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Aviation

US Air 1549 update

During the last few days many new details surfaced about the last 6 minutes (more or less) of US Air 1549 flight that ended with a successful textbook ditching of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 22, 2009
Aviation Safety

Is spotting at Rome Fiumicino dangerous?

On Jan 18, I went to Fiumicino to watch some aircraft departing from RWY 25. After following the story of the US Air 1549 that performed a successful ditching in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 20, 2009

Some lessons learned from US Air A320 ditching in NYC’s Hudson River

The recent episode of the US Air Flight 1549 down in the New York City's Hudson River 5 minutes after departure from La Guardia airport underlined a few things about…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 17, 2009
Aviation Safety

Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger: the hero of US Air Flight 1549

Until yesterday, if I was asked who was my favorite superhero, I would have answered without any doubt Spider Man. However, the images of an Airbus 320 floating in the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 17, 2009
Aviation

A US Airlines A320 crash lands in NYC’s Hudson river after birdstrike

On Jan 15, at 15.26LT, US Air flight 1549 (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE1549), an Airbus A320 with 151 people (146 passengers and 5 crew members) on board taking off from La Guardia Airport…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 16, 2009
Aviation

A new era in Italy's civil aviation

On Jan 13, AP 2853, an Air One A320 from Palermo Punta Raisi to Rome Fiumicino and AZ676, a B777 from Milan Malpensa (MXP) to San Paolo in Brasil, both…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 14, 2009
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