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 an Airbus 320 in the […]
birdstrike
Aviation
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 Aviation Safety and, more generally […]
Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
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 Hudson River with the last […]
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 in New York City to […]
non-military aviation
Ryanair B737 crash lands in Ciampino after a birdstrike
On Nov. 10, at 07.56 LT, a Ryanair B737 serialled EI-DYG, flying from Frankfurt to Rome as FR4102 suffered a serious bird strike during the final approach to the RWY 15 of the Rome-Ciampino airport. […]