{"id":10485,"date":"2009-01-15T19:09:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T00:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=10485"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:12","slug":"flight-1549-fatalities-a-big-goose-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2009\/01\/15\/flight-1549-fatalities-a-big-goose-egg\/","title":{"rendered":"flight 1549: fatalities — a big goose egg!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>US Airways Flight 1549<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 It’s very cold here in Upstate New York, but I’m still taking off my hat to praise the pilot (Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger<\/a>, of Danville, Calif.), crew and passengers of US Airways Flight 1549, and all of the rescue workers (fire department, police department and Port authority police).\u00a0 Together, they were able to bring today’s plane crash into the Hudson River to a remarkably happy ending — with all aboard surviving (most not even getting wet) and no apparent serious injuries. “All 155 survive plane crash in NYC’s Hudson River<\/a>” (AP\/Charlotte Observer<\/em>, Jan. 15, 2009); “Jet Ditches in Hudson; All Are Said Safe<\/a>” (New York Times<\/em>, Jan. 15, 2009) [Click for “latest updates<\/a> on the Hudson jet rescue” from the NYT City Room<\/em> weblog.]<\/p>\n

NY Gov. David Paterson got it right, when he said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a potential tragedy that may have become one of the most magnificent days in the history of New York City agencie<\/em>s.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Apparently, the plan encountered a flock of geese. We now know what a “double bird” means to airline and safety workers — a bird or several birds entering engines on both sides of the plane.\u00a0 According to a side article in the Charlotte Observer<\/em><\/a>, there were at least 6 bird-plane collisions in 2008 — geese, hawks, owls and more.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

— we’re left with yet another perspective on flocks of geese —<\/p>\n

update <\/em><\/strong>(Feb. 12, 2009): The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board reported today that experts at the Smithsonian Institution have determined it was indeed Canadian geese that brought down Flight 1549, after examining 25 samples of bird remains found in the plane’s engine.\u00a0 See AP report on CTA.ca<\/a>, and CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

M<\/strong><\/em>aster Issa wrote hundreds of haiku about geese, in the 19th Century.\u00a0 Here’s a sample (find many more here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

another year
\nthey’re back for the massacre…
\nrice field geese<\/p>\n

\n

\n

\n

wind is blowing
\nand so the geese
\nare honking<\/p>\n

\n

\n

settling back
\nto dead silence…
\nrice field geese<\/p>\n

\n

\n

\"\"<\/a> finalizing the divorce
\nleaving my house behind…
\ndeparting geese<\/p>\n

\n

\n

the departing goose
\ndrops an enormous
\ncrap<\/p>\n

\n

\n

after many nights
\ntelling me bedtime stories
\nthe geese have left<\/p>\n

\n

\n

straight out of a full moon
\npainting…
\nthe geese depart<\/p>\n

\n

\n

evening wind–
\nthe geese turn around
\nhonking<\/p>\n

\n

after the geese depart
\nback to normal…
\nSumida River<\/p>\n

\n

\n

\"\"<\/a> \u2026….. by Kobayashi Issa<\/a>, translated by David G. Lanoue<\/p>\n

honking at my window \u2013
\ngeese above
\ncabbie below<\/p>\n

… by dagosan<\/em><\/p>\n

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