I'd read a bunch of the reports on Flight 1549. I'd also heard the tower communications audio. But those very left-brain analyses of the incident really didn't pull it together for me. Now check out this video reconstruction that overlays the tower audio with a visual reconstruction.
Ok. Now I get it.
Wow,
Saw this link on Twitter. It’s a textbook water landing and probably only the second (yes, second) water crash landing without casualty in civilian aviation history c”,
Hello,
The first water crash landing that suffered no casualty happened in 1956>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkR4F3_fEUQ