Jun 12th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Ah geese... They look so peaceful making their way through your local pond or river, but we all know what can happen when they decide to fly to a different pond or river. After the bird strike of January 15th (really? That long ago?), there has been growing pressure to do something about the large number of Canada Geese around the local airports. The solution is pretty macabre - authorities will ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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New York to gas 2,000 geese to prevent another Hudson river incident
Jun 12th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Ah geese... They look so peaceful making their way through your local pond or river, but we all know what can happen when they decide to fly to a different pond or river. After the bird strike of January 15th (really? That long ago?), there has been growing pressure to do something about the large number of Canada Geese around the local airports. The solution is pretty macabre - authorities will ...Watching news worsens aviophobia
Feb 15th, 2009 at 12:00PM:
Aviophobia, a fear of flying is not unusual. The American Psychological Association estimates that 10 percent to 25 percent of Americans suffer from it ... despite the fact that we all have heard how much safer flying is than driving. What few probably realize, however, is that this fear can be exacerbated by news of travel disasters: a condition called vicarious trauma.
Flying is one of the ...FAA releases US Airways flight 1549 ATC transcripts
Feb 5th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Sorry if our constant coverage of the US Air flight 1549 crash is beginning to bore you - but it isn't often that a plane ditches in a river, and everyone is able to walk away. The news today comes courtesy of the FAA, who just released the air traffic control transcripts of the actual event. The audio is pretty boring, so I cut out the most interesting part where the controller is told by the ..."Hero on the Hudson": Play it on Gadling!
Feb 1st, 2009 at 10:00AM: Maybe it's too soon for this, but there's already a popular online game inspired by the recent emergency landing on the Hudson River. "Hero on the Hudson" isn't terribly sophisticated, but it gets the point across. You are in the left seat, acting as US Airways Flight 1549 pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. Your plane is headed toward the Hudson River, and you need to take action. This free game ...Sharks circling Hudson landing
Jan 27th, 2009 at 2:00PM: When US Airways ponied up $5,000 a passenger for the passengers of Flight 1549, most seemed skeptical. Commenter Bill opined, "I'm guessing those $5000 checks won't stop any lawsuits." A recent story in USA Today confirms this view. And, of course, lawyers have been contacted. Joe Hart wants his bloody nose and bruises "made whole." The salesman from Charlotte also says it's too soon to know what ...So how do we get that Airbus 320 out of the Hudson River?
Jan 27th, 2009 at 8:30AM: I assumed US Airways Flight 1549 would simply lie at the bottom of the Hudson River for the next 10,000 years, where it would become a home to all the fish (if there are any) that live in that river.
But apparently the plane was already fished out of the river back on January 17, which, judging from the pictures that I've just stumbled upon, was no small feat of engineering. How was it done?
It ...US Airways check already in the mail
Jan 20th, 2009 at 8:30AM:
Notoriety is now worth $5,000. US Airways sent checks for $5,000 to each passenger on Flight 1549 last week, better known as the plane that touched down on the Hudson River. The payment came with a letter, in which the airline claimed to be "truly sorry." Passengers were also reimbursed for ticket costs.
This is a pretty refreshing move, especially following JetBlue's refusal to recognize its ...Spirit Airlines attempts to collect a cancellation fee off flight 1549 passengers
Jan 19th, 2009 at 4:30PM: OK folks - it is no secret that airlines use fees and rules to increase their bottom line. If they mess up, you lose, if you mess up, you lose. Either way, the airline always manages to come out on top. And never has that been more clear than in the case of Rob and Jeff Kolodjay. Rob and Jeff were scheduled to fly from La Guardia to Charlotte on a Spirit Airlines flight. When that flight was ...
