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Air traffic controllers at times using the wrong flight number, try and guide the plane to an airport. cactus 1529. if we can get you, do you want to try to land runway 137? we re unable. we may end up in the hudson. 1549, it s going to be less traffic to runway 31. unable. just north of the george washington bridge, the captain aligns the airbus a-320 with the hudson river. he passes the bridge just to the east and continues due south. i looked out the window, saw we were actually below the rooftops of manhattan. i said, this is not a good sign, we re not making newark. did sully look at you and say we re going in the water, or did you both come to the realization that s where this was going? i think it was more it was just the only option we had. there was no we weren t going to make it to an airport. and that was the only open spot that we saw. if a pilot is forced to ditch, the faa has recommendations for how to do ....
So. it all comes down to wind and waves, or swells. in a perfect world, how would you land on the waves? depending on the wind and water, i would always want to land parallel to the swells so if your waves are coming this way, you want to land on the top. you never, ever want to be into this is what s called a cross-swell, where you re perpendicular into the water this way. what might happen? if you land into the face of the swell, you could actually flip over like this. that s not a good thing. another potential hazard that could have spelled disaster for flight 1549, coming down with one wing higher than the other. the airplane could have cartwheeled and that would have been very violent and significantly lessened the opportunity to get everybody out as well as they did. cactus 1529 turn right, 280. you can land runway teterboro. we can t do it. okay, which runway would you like at teterboro? we re going to be in the hudson. the captain just said, brace for impa ....
cactus 1529. if we can get you, do you want to try to land runway 137? we re unable. we may end up in the hudson. 1549, it s going to be less traffic to runway 31. unable. just north of the george washington bridge, the captain aligns the airbus a-320 with the hudson river. he passes the bridge just to the east and continues due south. i looked out the window, saw we were actually below the rooftops of manhattan. i said, this is not a good sign, we re not making newark. did sully look at you and say we re going in the water, or did you both come to the realization that s where this was going? i think it was more it was just the only option we had. there was no we weren t going to make it to an airport. and that was the only open spot that we saw. if a pilot is forced to ditch, the faa has recommendations for how to do so. it all comes down to wind and waves, or swells. in a perfect world, how would ....
You land on the waves? depending on the wind and water, i would always want to land parallel to the swells so if your waves are coming this way, you want to land on the top. you never, ever want to be into this is what s called a cross-swell, where you re perpendicular into the water this way. what might happen? if you land into the face of the swell, you could actually flip over like this. that s not a good thing. another potential hazard that could have spelled disaster for flight 1549, coming down with one wing higher than the other. the airplane could have cartwheeled and that would have been very violent and significantly lessened the opportunity to get everybody out as well as they did. cactus 1529 turn right, 280. you can land runway teterboro. we can t do it. okay, which runway would you like at teterboro? we re going to be in the hudson. the captain just said, brace for impact. everyone started saying prayers, just looking at each other, not knowing what ....