http://www.puppetgov.com/2009/11/13/incredible-look-at-hudson-river-landing/ To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:28:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.puppetgov.com/2009/11/13/incredible-look-at-hudson-river-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-8435 Gary Andrews Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:48:39 +0000 http://www.puppetgov.com/?p=35298#comment-8435 Yes the air traffic and weather radar would have shown that there were lots of birds in the area ... and, there are specialized bird radars already being used by the military and foreign airports that would have provided much better and precise information that could have very likely provided the pilots with useful information that could have avoided this crash completely. This FAA unfortunately has been and continues to be dragging its feet on making this proven technology available to US airports. Meanwhile, nearly a year after Cactus 1549, virtually nothing has been done and the next serious birdstrike could happen at any time. Yes the air traffic and weather radar would have shown that there were lots of birds in the area … and, there are specialized bird radars already being used by the military and foreign airports that would have provided much better and precise information that could have very likely provided the pilots with useful information that could have avoided this crash completely. This FAA unfortunately has been and continues to be dragging its feet on making this proven technology available to US airports. Meanwhile, nearly a year after Cactus 1549, virtually nothing has been done and the next serious birdstrike could happen at any time.

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