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Tuesday, March 03, 2026

There has been another successful ditching of a plane on the Hudson River. This one is much smaller and only had two passengers but they ditched the plane at night 200 ft off the shore in a section of the Hudson that had active ice in it and they swam to shore in that condition.

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Skilled piloting is not a miracle, just good training.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-03-03 02:52 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

WTG!

#2 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-03 04:30 PM | Reply

@#1 ... Skilled piloting is not a miracle, just good training. ...

Yup.

Among that training --- stay rational under adverse circumstances, don't panic.

I have a scanner, and I often have listened to the air traffic in the area. What always has amazed me is the calm and rational analysis the pilots have shown in the face of adversity.


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-03 06:29 PM | Reply

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