This Just In: Plane Crash Lands In SI Landfill

January 15th is either the best or the worst day to fly. Last year on this day, the United Airways Flight 1549 flight landed in the Hudson River (no serious injuries thanks to the smooth flying of Sully!)... and we just got word that an aircraft has crash landed in a Staten Island Landfill. Word is that the "Piper Cub" landed safely, and the pilot is now outside of the aircraft and walking it off. According to reports coming over the newswire, the emergency landing was due to a mechanical failure, and the police are stating there is "debris or the banner the plane was towing down on the N/B Shore Expwy."

UPDATE: CityRoom reports that the plane's banner was to mark the one-year anniversary of Flight 1549’s safe landing, and read: "If you died today, would you go to heaven or hell? John 14:6." The company who owns the plane, Air Sign, declined to comment on who the client was who rented the plane.

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By Jen Carlson in News on January 15, 2010 1:02 PM

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jaycjay

"Word is that the "Piper Cub" landed safely"

Then... "Plane Crash Lands" is incorrect, isn't it?

Crash landing implies a crash. Emergency landing is a better term for an unplanned but successful landing where there is no runway.

Looking now at news stories about the incident. Most of them got that right.

Brian

Uhh, 1549 was US Airways, not United. Factcheck much?

"United Airways Flight 1549"

Also, United Airways does not exist, I think you mean United Airlines, but even that is wrong.

tom9d

At what point can we officially declare New York the "Safest City in Which to Crash-Land a Plane"?

Rocknrope

Good news: The pilot landed safely.

Bad news: He's on Staten Island! ZING! HEYOOO! RIMSHOT

torsion

Just saw a Coast Guard heli heading down the hudson towards SI

mellow_fellow

Last year on this day, the United Airways Flight 1549 flight landed in the Hudson River (no injuries thanks to the smooth flying of Sully!)
I recall that one of the flight attendants was injured.

mellow_fellow

(no serious injuries thanks to the smooth flying of Sully!)
According to Wikipedia (shut up, I checked its source), five people suffered serious injury.