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US Airways Hudson river jet takes a trip through Jersey City
Poor jet. First it takes a dip in the Hudson river, then it has to be hoisted out of the water, and now its next trip involves passing through Jersey City on a flatbed truck.A CNN iReporter was able to grab a couple of video clips of the wingless jet making an extremely tight turn through the city, without knocking over any traffic lights or other obstacles.
The plane is on its way to an NTSB location in New Jersey, where it will be examined for the possible cause of the January 15th crash.
Don't forget to check out our other coverage of the US Airways flight 1549 crash.
(Via: CNN iReport)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nick Feb 1st 2009 11:35PM
Really, with the Jersey bashing? Riding through Jersey City is as "bad" as ditching in the river and being hauled out? Please.
Gadling's coverage of this story has been horrible. Mr. Hotfelder's post on 27 Jan was pure drivel, and this item, well, wtf?
Kent, Heather, and Jamie keep this blog above water. The rest? Amateurism at its finest.
Scott Carmichael Feb 1st 2009 11:41PM
Really? You really saw my post as "Jersey bashing"?
Yes, IF YOU ARE A JET, then falling into a river, being hauled out of the mud and riding through a city on a flatbed truck without your wings is a bad thing.
I never implied that riding through Jersey City is a bad thing (it is not).
Sorry if anything in the post made you think I was bashing anything, as it most certainly was not the case.
AcT Feb 2nd 2009 1:41AM
Oh yeah, that was definitely Jersey bashing.
Nick Feb 2nd 2009 12:59PM
1) Jets don't have feelings.
2) Your phrasing, not mine:
a: "Poor jet". Sets the reader up for a "bad" thing.
b. "First...". Alerts the reader to a litany of bad things.
c. "...and now...". Associates the next phrase with that litany of bad things.
Justin Glow Feb 2nd 2009 8:08PM
A jet ditching in a river and hauled away on a flatbed truck through, say, Seattle, would be an equally bad thing from the jet's prospective. What's the location got to do with it? It doesn't matter: the fact that a jet is being transported via a flatbed truck is the unsettling part.