[phantom4570]

A good landing is one you can walk away from.
A great landing is one where the plane can be used again.

Initially, it was planned to remove the wings and transport the airplane to a repair facility by barge, but Boeing engineers and test pilots decided to perform an engine change on site and to take off from the adjacent paved access road.[3] The 737 was flown to Moisant Field, where further maintenance work was performed. The plane was then returned to service.

 

[Tim Burke]

Wow.

 

[Skeptic49]

How much time does a 737 have before they lose control after losing both engines?

Geoff
Who knows you cannot fly a big A/C with pullys, cables and cranks now days.

 

[IrishCop]

That was an amazing bit of piloting there! Keeping your cool during an emergency is the hallmark of a professional. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::cheers:

 

[William R. Moore]

Soggy levees can be your friend.

Is it just me or did the model makers/CGI folks forget to lower the flaps on the 737 image during the landing?

 

[IrishCop]

Good catch!

 

[CaptainGyro]

This was exactly the situation Sully faced. He was desperately looking for someplace flat and undeveloped; in his case it soon became apparent that the river was the only option.

I was flying the 737 at the time of this TACA incident, and one of the outcomes was that the engine manufacturer, CFM, re-designed the spinners on the engines to more efficiently route water out into the bypass airflow and away from the engine core. The original spinners were dome-shaped; the newer ones are cones.

What's almost as amazing about this story is how they got the jet out of there: they actually flew it out. With almost no fuel and fairly dry ground they were able to take off from the levee and get it to a real runway nearby. There's a film of the takeoff somewhere.

 

[Ratfink2u]

We had one land in a field in Modesto about 25 years ago....still there

 

[Kevin Gibson]

Impressive, nice job.