yall seen this?

pretty crazy how nothing happened to the plane

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/15/new.yo ... index.html

Glad everyone is alright. Could have been a major tragedy.

that pilot did a hell of a job landin that plane in the water .. you know that water was some cold chit.....

Yeah I heard on the news that he did an amazing job of decellerating the plane to prevent folks bodies from going into shock. They said the plant hit the water at rouhly 165 miles per hour but some person on the plane said it felt like no worse than a rear end collision. Hats off again to the pilot.

Here is why this guy was able to do what he did:

Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III is a captain for a major U.S. airline with over 40 years of flying experience. A former U.S. Air Force (USAF) fighter pilot, he has served as an instructor and Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) safety chairman, accident investigator and national technical committee member. He has participated in several USAF and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident investigations. His ALPA safety work led to the development of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular. Working with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists, he coauthored a paper on error inducing contexts in aviation. He was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Crew Resource Management (CRM) course used at his airline and has taught the course to hundreds of his colleagues. Sully is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (B.S.), Purdue University (M.S.) and the University of Northern Colorado (M.A.). He was a speaker on two panels at the High Reliability Organizations (HRO) 2007 International Conference in Deauville, France May 29-31, 2007. He has just been named a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.

All that, AND he can land planes on water!!!
Woody