Thursday, January 15, 2009

Flight 1549: The Damn Birds Did It

If it weren't for quick-acting by the pilot and rescue crews, there would be 155 frozen corpses floating down the Hudson River right now. And it was all because of those rotten pests of the sky [AP]:
A US Airways pilot ditched his disabled jetliner into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after a collision with a flock of birds apparently knocked out both engines, but officials said rescuers pulled all 155 people on board into boats as the plane sank.
How much longer are we going to allow this feathered menace to, literally, shit all over the civilized world? Alfred Hitchcock warned us decades ago, and we have done little in our country to eradicate this threat.

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