Kinglobjaw's Blog » 1549 http://kinglobjaw.com/blog Proudly flying US Airways! Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:12:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Great Newsweek article written by Captain Sullenberg himself http://kinglobjaw.com/blog/2009/02/21/great-newsweek-article-written-by-captain-sullenberg-himself/ http://kinglobjaw.com/blog/2009/02/21/great-newsweek-article-written-by-captain-sullenberg-himself/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:01:18 +0000 Mark http://kinglobjaw.com/blog/?p=385 An account of the events and his life post the accident. Every single day I read more about this guy, I find him more and more amazing. I would be honored to fly with any member of this crew. Who knows, maybe one day I will.

Here’s the article.

 

Have a nice clicK life,

-Mark

]]> http://kinglobjaw.com/blog/2009/02/21/great-newsweek-article-written-by-captain-sullenberg-himself/feed/ 0 January 15, 2009: US Airways 1549- the day ended in a truly wonderful way http://kinglobjaw.com/blog/2009/01/15/january-15-2009-us-airways-1549-the-day-ended-in-a-truly-wonderful-way/ http://kinglobjaw.com/blog/2009/01/15/january-15-2009-us-airways-1549-the-day-ended-in-a-truly-wonderful-way/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:00:03 +0000 Mark http://kinglobjaw.com/blog/?p=330 Earlier this evening I received a text message from CNN Alerts about a US Airways aircraft landing in the Hudson River. I had very little information at the time of the message; however, by the time I got home everyone had been talking about US Airways 1549. The first thing I did after I logged onto my computer I checked my email and received a message from a friend of mine who works for US Airways. The message said she wasn’t not on US1549 , but she was safe and sound at home. The fact that I didn’t know what was going on, but got an email saying someone was not onboard a particular flight made me think this was very serious. It was.

By now most of you already know what happened, so I need not explain. I will leave you with one thought however. I found this photo on Flickr and it is by far the best account of what exactly happened today. In my opinion, no picture nor video from the media is as powerful and chilling at the same time. The photo was taken by Gregory Lam- link to photo found here.

I applaud the entire crew of US Airways flight 1549 and am grateful for this miraculous outcome. The crew did a commendable job in evacuating this Airbus A320. It is my hope that anyone who was hurt or injured will make a full and speedy recovery.

US Airways has issued a press release and a series of updates on it’s web page. Visit the “Press Releases” section of the USAirways.com website for further information. US Airways has also established a Care Team that can be reached at 1-800-679-8215. It is my personal opinion, that at this point, only family members of passengers and crew should be utilizing this phone number. Media and other parties interested should patiently wait to be briefed by a representative from US Airways.

 

-Mark

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