Topic: Jeffrey Skiles

Buffalo plane crash anniversary observed with walk

AP News - 734 days ago
Buffalo plane crash anniversary observed with walk from crash site to airport Patrick Pettys stepped onto the undisturbed snow covering the site where Continental Connection Flight 3407 crashed last Feb. 12, dropped flat onto his back and moved his arms and legs ...

Survivors of Hudson crash toast to anniversary

AP News - 762 days ago
Survivors of miraculous Hudson landing gather on anniversary of flight to celebrate lifeThey looked like they were posing for an eclectic class picture: , the moment of impact, on one of the ferries that plucked them shivering from the water just minutes after ...

Pilot says bird warnings not much help to aircraft

AP News - 983 days ago
Captain of plane downed in the Hudson says warnings about birds provide little help to pilotsOn takeoff, the pilot of Flight 1549 remarked on two things almost immediately: "In my experience, the warnings we get are general in nature and not specific ...

Co-pilot in Hudson River crash returning to air

AP News - 1079 days ago
Co-pilot of plane that made splash landing in Hudson River returning to air by month's endThe co-pilot aboard the plane that made a splash landing in New York's Hudson River said Wednesday that he'll take some simulated flights to ...

Controller thought ditching in Hudson spelled doom

AP News - 1088 days ago
Controller thought ditching in Hudson was death sentence; Sullenberger says top pilots leavingThe air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. "People don't survive landings on the Hudson ...