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[Chief_Bean]

http://www.heraldsun...l-1226619817622

Looks like everyone on board was fine. Let's hope it wasn't Pattyboy...

[divemaster08]

wow just saw this from reddit and the way they had it listed was an actual crash not an over run!

Do hope also that Pattyboy wasnt at the controls!

[davie18]

Good job no one appears to have been (seriously) hurt.

[divemaster08]

It appears this wasn't an overrun, but an undershoot. The aircraft didn't make it to the runway in the first place!

[LA_PHX]

And unless the pictures are deceiving or the plane floated quite a bit after impact, it looks like it was off course.

[Iain_]

Yeah i thought it was an overrun too. Makes looking at the pics a bit confusing.

[Chief_Bean]

I really should have included some speculative phrase in the title. "Lion Air 737  reported to have over-run..." or similar

[pyruvate]

So this is the 2nd time someone has managed to do a proper water landing? (After the US Airways A320 landed in the Hudson river).

[Brandon-M]

More pics & info

http://avherald.com/...=460aeabb&opt=0

[Iain_]

pyruvate, on 13 April 2013 - 01:51 PM, said:

So this is the 2nd time someone has managed to do a proper water landing? (After the US Airways A320 landed in the Hudson river).

No one knows if it was a ditching or not yet, although surely from the alt it was at it could've glided? And how did 2 engines quit?

[Cactus]

pyruvate, on 13 April 2013 - 01:51 PM, said:

So this is the 2nd time someone has managed to do a proper water landing? (After the US Airways A320 landed in the Hudson river).

There is no such thing as a 'proper' water landing - though Sully was not the first. I believe the 1963 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 Neva river ditching was perhaps the first involving a commercial jetliner without any fatalities.

Plus, another distinguishing factor is that Sully intentionally put the airplane in the water. I suspect this accident have a number of parallels with the 1968 crash involving Japan Airlines Flight 2...

[Prash]

I'm so glad there weren't any fatalities. Now I won't feel bad being excited for the ACI episode

[MikeySM]

Still inbound traffic?

Last thing I would want to see as a passenger on final from the window would be a 737 in the water

[Prash]

MikeySM, on 13 April 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

Still inbound traffic?

Last thing I would want to see as a passenger on final from the window would be a 737 in the water

"And for those of you on the right hand side of the aircraft, you can see a brand new 737 laying in the water after crash landing at this airport" xD

[MattGarner]

Glad everyone was able to get out without any major issues.

[Iain_]

MikeySM, on 13 April 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

Last thing I would want to see as a passenger on final from the window would be a 737 in the water

Bit like this then? (yes it's the cockpit)

Edited by Iain_, 14 April 2013 - 05:07 AM.