Miracle On The Hudson -ගුවනේදී අක්‍රීය වූ යානය ගංගාවකට බැස්වූ විස්මිත නියමුවා

ගුවනේදී යානයක එන්ජින් දෙකම අක්‍රීය වුවහොත් මතුවන්නේ බිහිසුණු තත්ත්වයක් බව අමුතුවෙන් කිව යුතු නැහැ. එවන් අවස්ථාවකදී යානය ගොඩබැස්වීමට නොහැකිව අවධානම් තත්ත්වයක් මතුවන අතර ඒ සදහා උචිත ස්ථානයක් නොපැවැතියහොත් මතුවන්නේද ෙඛ්දනීය තත්ත්නවක්.එවන් බිහිසුණු අවස්ථාවකට මුහුණපෑ යානයක් කිසිවකුට හානියක් නොවන පරිදි ගොඩබැස්වූ විස්මිත ගුවන් නියමුවකුගේ මෙහෙයුමේ කතාවයි මේ. On January 15 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York for Charlotte, North Carolina. In less than 20 minutes, the plane was “landed” on the Hudson river. The story is now told in Sully: Miracle on the Hudson and here is a breakdown of the flight from departure to landing. 3.15pm US Airways Flight 1549, embarking on the final leg of a four-day multi-city journey to Charlotte, North Carolina, begins boarding at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. On board are a full complement of 150 passengers and five crew, including pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, a veteran of over 40 years and nearly 20,000 flying hours, and co-pilot Jeff Skiles, who had only recently completed his training on the Airbus A320. The trip is scheduled to take around two hours. 3.24pm The A320 begins its acceleration along the 7,000 feet of one of LaGuardia’s twin runways. Almost fully laden, and weighing around 150,000lbs, it reaches its take-off speed of 170mph and begins its ascent. 3.26pm The pilots contact air traffic control and then, at an altitude of 700 feet and travelling at around 230mph, Flight 1549 is cleared to continue its ascent to 15,000 feet. 3.27pm The plane is at an altitude of 3,000 feet directly above The Bronx and travelling at 250mph when it encounters a flock of Canada geese. The birds, travelling at about 50mph, are sucked into both of the plane’s two CFM56-5B engines, which flame out and fail immediately, though miraculously they do not disintegrate. The animals are instantly liquefied, transformed into a thin mist of what is known to air-crash investigators as “bird slurry”. 3.27pm Air traffic controller Patrick Harten, based at New York’s Air Traffic Control Center in Long Island, eight miles from LaGuardia, contacts Flight 1549, whose call-sign is “Cactus”, to request a routine course-correction. Sullenberger, who has just taken over the flight from his co-pilot, who has spent the previous seconds trying and failing to restart the engines, responds. “Ah, this is, uh, Cactus 1549, hit birds. We lost thrust in both engines. We’re turning back towards LaGuardia.” Harten confirms and contacts LaGuardia to clear both runways for an emergency landing. 3.28pm Sullenberger quickly considers his options. With no thrust and perilously little altitude he decides that a turn and glide back to LaGuardia is not a viable option. “I am not sure if we can make any runway,” he tells Harten. “What’s over to our right? Anything in New Jersey? Maybe Teterboro?” A few seconds later the controller comes with confirmation. “Cactus 1549, turn right two eight zero. You can land Runw