Captain Sullenberger charged with unauthorized actions resulting in crash says FAA!
Captain Sullenberger and US Airways have been charged with violating Federal migratory bird regulations by hunting geese with an A320 Airbus. The pilot of flight 1549, Air Force veteran and avid hunter Chesley B. Sullenberger has been charged with bagging a brace of geese near New York's LaGuardia airport after takeoff, on his way to Charlotte, North Carolina.
An unidentified FAA spokesperson was quoted as saying the imported European $77 million A320 airliner has not been certified by the FAA for bird hunting, so it was not surprising that the aircraft malfunctioned. When Captain Sullenberger realized that both New York and New Jersey State Game and Fish enforcement officers may have captured the event on film, after first attempting to hide at the Newark Airport, he then attempted to hide both the plane and the geese in the Hudson River.
The crew and 150 passengers were chilled and shaken but unhurt. Most were simply grateful to avoid having to spend the weekend in Newark.
National Transportation Safety Board inspectors rushed to the scene, and reportedly found no Duck Stamps on the downed aircraft's fuselage. Captain Sullenberger has not been charged, but is being held at numerous public and private locations including the White House for his own safety.
PETA is urging the government to prosecute the pilot for double honkercide and poaching, while thousands of attorneys are lining up to file civil suits on behalf of the flock. The two victims were undocumented aliens, according to sources close to the investigation, Canada geese who had over-stayed their visas. These goose gangs have been scandalizing quiet communities up and down the east coast by squatting in local cemeteries and golf courses, parking on the grass, eating strange-smelling food, and throwing big honking wild parties late into the night. Neighbors say police dogs were called out on several occasions.
Such incidents have triggered a wave of anti-Canadian sentiment, but at this time revenge or hate crime motives are not suspected in the US Airways bird bashings.
Forensic examination of the avian corpses continues, and technicians are analyzing the two cadavers under heat with chestnuts, prunes, and Armagnac. NTSB inspectors have contributed a supply of testing fluid, a 2005 French Riesling. We will update this story as recipes and details become available.
Captain Sullenberger and US Airways have been charged with violating Federal migratory bird regulations by hunting geese with an A320 Airbus. The pilot of flight 1549, Air Force veteran and avid hunter Chesley B. Sullenberger has been charged with bagging a brace of geese near New York's LaGuardia airport after takeoff, on his way to Charlotte, North Carolina.
An unidentified FAA spokesperson was quoted as saying the imported European $77 million A320 airliner has not been certified by the FAA for bird hunting, so it was not surprising that the aircraft malfunctioned. When Captain Sullenberger realized that both New York and New Jersey State Game and Fish enforcement officers may have captured the event on film, after first attempting to hide at the Newark Airport, he then attempted to hide both the plane and the geese in the Hudson River.
The crew and 150 passengers were chilled and shaken but unhurt. Most were simply grateful to avoid having to spend the weekend in Newark.
National Transportation Safety Board inspectors rushed to the scene, and reportedly found no Duck Stamps on the downed aircraft's fuselage. Captain Sullenberger has not been charged, but is being held at numerous public and private locations including the White House for his own safety.
PETA is urging the government to prosecute the pilot for double honkercide and poaching, while thousands of attorneys are lining up to file civil suits on behalf of the flock. The two victims were undocumented aliens, according to sources close to the investigation, Canada geese who had over-stayed their visas. These goose gangs have been scandalizing quiet communities up and down the east coast by squatting in local cemeteries and golf courses, parking on the grass, eating strange-smelling food, and throwing big honking wild parties late into the night. Neighbors say police dogs were called out on several occasions.
Such incidents have triggered a wave of anti-Canadian sentiment, but at this time revenge or hate crime motives are not suspected in the US Airways bird bashings.
Forensic examination of the avian corpses continues, and technicians are analyzing the two cadavers under heat with chestnuts, prunes, and Armagnac. NTSB inspectors have contributed a supply of testing fluid, a 2005 French Riesling. We will update this story as recipes and details become available.
