US Airways Flight 1549 Plane Crash Hudson in New York taken by Janis Krums on an iPhone
Stunning pictures from New York as US Airways Flight 1549 lands in the Hudson river. It’s shocking that while the world tries to battle terrorism, my main concern when flying now won’t be the possibility of a bomb on board, but the terrifying fear we cross flight paths with a flock of geese.
It is a great example though of a plane landing in water and everyone survivng. Every time I fly I look at that emergency instructions card thinking “when has a plane ever landed on water like that?”, well now my question has been answered. Maybe I’ll read that card more carefully next time I fly.
Speaking of which, the middle of January blues have struck and I’m already thinking about where to go on holiday this year. I have already pencilled in a trip to Norway in August. I had one of those spur of the moment purchases before Christmas and bought tickets to see Coldplay in Bergen. I could have gone to Glasgow to see them, but thought it would be more exciting to go to Norway, not to mention more expensive.
But we can’t wait till the end of August to go somewhere abroad, so it looks like a trip somewhere at Easter possibly. Faro in Portugal and Croatia are two destinations that are looking promising. The problem is, I’m quite lazy and would prefer to fly from Aberdeen airport which is 20 minutes from where I stay, rather than driving to Glasgow where the choice of flights are considerably more. Therefore flying from Aberdeen to somewhere exotic tends to be double the price as it involves a stop in London or Paris (and after travelling through Paris last year I vowed never to do it again).
However if Emma doesn’t get over this plane landing in the water in New York, it looks like a weekend camping in Lossiemouth might be our only option.
David
I’ve got the flying bug
January 17, 2009US Airways Flight 1549 Plane Crash Hudson in New York taken by Janis Krums on an iPhone
Stunning pictures from New York as US Airways Flight 1549 lands in the Hudson river. It’s shocking that while the world tries to battle terrorism, my main concern when flying now won’t be the possibility of a bomb on board, but the terrifying fear we cross flight paths with a flock of geese.
It is a great example though of a plane landing in water and everyone survivng. Every time I fly I look at that emergency instructions card thinking “when has a plane ever landed on water like that?”, well now my question has been answered. Maybe I’ll read that card more carefully next time I fly.
Speaking of which, the middle of January blues have struck and I’m already thinking about where to go on holiday this year. I have already pencilled in a trip to Norway in August. I had one of those spur of the moment purchases before Christmas and bought tickets to see Coldplay in Bergen. I could have gone to Glasgow to see them, but thought it would be more exciting to go to Norway, not to mention more expensive.
But we can’t wait till the end of August to go somewhere abroad, so it looks like a trip somewhere at Easter possibly. Faro in Portugal and Croatia are two destinations that are looking promising. The problem is, I’m quite lazy and would prefer to fly from Aberdeen airport which is 20 minutes from where I stay, rather than driving to Glasgow where the choice of flights are considerably more. Therefore flying from Aberdeen to somewhere exotic tends to be double the price as it involves a stop in London or Paris (and after travelling through Paris last year I vowed never to do it again).
However if Emma doesn’t get over this plane landing in the water in New York, it looks like a weekend camping in Lossiemouth might be our only option.
David
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