Fly By Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson William Langewische , an Airline Transport Pilot certified, an flight instructor and pilot writes a book on the event famously known as “The Miracle on the Hudson”. Langewische has organized the book into 3 parts “The Gear UP”, “Fly By Wire” and “Survival’. Reading a book on aviation from someone with credentials shows authority on the matter of the miracle on the Hudson and the technology fly by wire gives a feel of certainty and
U.S. Airways Flight 1549 Accident: Flight Accident: The above mentioned airplane was a planned commercial passenger flight that took off from LaGuardia Airport, New York destined for Charlotte Douglas Airport in North Carolina on January 15, 2009. Six minutes after takeoff, the airplane was successfully abandoned in Hudson River after striking multiple birds during its initial climb out. The crew reported by radio two minutes after takeoff at an altitude of 3,200 feet, the Airbus experienced multiple
How does a “hero” know that they made the right call? Such has been the themes of recent comic book movies “Captain America: Civil War” and “Superman v. Batman: Dawn of Justice,” but “Sully” continues this year’s motto in a more non-fiction sense. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film focuses on the pilot behind the Miracle on the Hudson, Capt. ___ “Sully” Sullenberger, rather than the actual event. The movie begins by immediately and clearly communicating Sullenberger’s post-traumatic stress. Restlessly
A hero is characterized as any person who is admired for their courage or achievements, thus serving as a model. Some other characteristics associated with a hero are bravery and daring. It is the manner of facing and dealing with anything that is recognized as dangerous, difficult, or painful that further defines a hero. A primary example of a hero is the courageous men and women, many of whom are employed in a regular non-military job and have spouses and children at home, who are sacrificing
In 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 dove into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington D.C. and then dropped into the brisk waters of the Potomac river. The aftermath of this flight was unusual because of the actions of one individual involved in the disaster. A man in his fifties made the courageous decision to risk his own life to save his fellow passengers from the icy water. The man later lost his life. Roger Rosenblatt, an award-winning journalist, wrote an article about this man for Time magazine entitled
Sully had to attempt a water landing with a jet plane in 2009. The plane had 155 people on it including passengers,flight crew, Sully, and his First Officer Jeff Skiles. The plane had no water landing gear what-so-ever like some of today's modern planes that have water flotation poles on the bottom. The plane had the rubber dingy slides though and every seat had a life vest. During the flight the plane engine was hit by birds. There was a dual engine failure and they tried to go
On the other hand, the determination of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to have success in making Sully look bad, contributed to the stress that Sully already had. Proving Sully guilty would save the NTSB insurance company money that would have to have paid otherwise. During the first NTSB investigation, they inform Sully and Jeff that the human performance investigation was to begin. They questioned him on why he didn’t fly back to LaGuardia, and Sully responds that there was not
On January 15, 2009, United Airlines flight 1549 ditched into the Hudson river immediately after take off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport only five passengers were seriously injured and seventy-eight passengers reported minor injuries. It was brilliant piloting of Captain Chesley Sullenberger that saved everyone from a horrendous death but how did this event occur? From reports and interviews, the aircraft suffered damage to both of the aircraft’s engines. The cause of the failure to both engines
“Everything is unprecedented until it happens for the first time”(“Quotes.”). Chesley Sullenberger landed flight 1549 on the Hudson River with all passengers alive. “Sully served as a fighter pilot for the U.S. Air Force from 1973 to 1980 and was flying Vietnam-era F-4 Phantom II jets”(“Chesley Sullenberger.”). Even since Sully was a young boy, he has always had interests in airplanes and he wanted to be a pilot when he grows up. “When Sully was 5 years old, all he wanted to do was fly planes. He
The Colgan 3407 crash is one of the most infamous examples to analyze in the aviation industry. This flight just so happened to be littered with potential hazards that, if recognized at the time could have broken a link in the error chain and resulted in a safe arrival. For one, both of the pilots traveled far distances to get to the airport that they were
On the fifteenth of January in the year of 2009, a routine flight to Charlotte Douglas Airport from LaGuardia had taken liftoff and was headed on its way. The Airbus A320-214 jetliner was ascending until disaster struck, literally. A flock of Canada Geese struck US Airways Flight 1549. The geese disabled both the right and left engine. The Captain, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and First Officer, Jeff Skiles had to make a decision for 155 lives. With the loss of thrust in both engines, clearing the
Since 1992, the beginning of the many conflicts in Syria, at least 54 reporters have lost their lives, as recently stated by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In just this year alone, a total of 21 have been killed. However, there is some discrepancy in the exact number of deaths collected by different associations. Reporters Without Borders (RWB) puts the figures more around 120, just in the past 3 years. This is because of the ambiguous characterization of a journalist. Some of the
accident reports. Cockpits of aircraft since the 1950s have grown over crowed with immense amount of gauges in the SR-71 (figure 2) being a great example. The only time a pilot would reference many of the gauges at their disposal would be during a flight emergency otherwise they would just perform a quick scan and go about their mission. The glass cockpit was the answer in the last forty years as seen in the Boeing 777, the F117 stealth fighter, and the Shuttle Atlantis (National Aeronautics and
Vocation. What is a Vocation? As Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor Viktor E. Frankl believes, “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life.” Therefore, a vocation is someone’s specific mission or purpose for being. Frankl continues by saying, “everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.” I agree