# Hero on the Hudson

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-on-the-hudson/484247>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 3, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-on-the-hudson/484247 "2009-02-03T14:19:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-on-the-hudson/484247/1 "2009-02-03T14:19:06Z")

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[You, too, can land the plane safely on the Hudson River!](http://www.addictinggames.com/heroonthehudson.html)

Took me three tries.

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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-on-the-hudson/484247/2 "2009-02-03T15:26:54Z")

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Heh,

I fired up flight Simulator X over the weekend just try this out. Took off form La Guardia on an airbus and programmed a complete engine failure at about the time I would reach 3,000 feet.

Note to self: do not attempt to become a commercial airline pilot.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-on-the-hudson/484247/3 "2009-02-03T15:37:08Z")

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Got it in two.

Some programmer really doesn’t know much about how airplanes work, though.

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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-on-the-hudson/484247/4 "2009-02-03T15:45:55Z")

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Well it’s not like you can squeeze a flight sim into a flash app really.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-on-the-hudson/484247/5 "2009-02-03T15:51:45Z")

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Yes, but even for a flash app this behaves nothing like a real airplane.

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**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-on-the-hudson/484247/6 "2009-02-03T15:56:05Z")

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> [@Kinthalis](#):
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> Heh,
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> I fired up flight Simulator X over the weekend just try this out. Took off form La Guardia on an airbus and programmed a complete engine failure at about the time I would reach 3,000 feet.
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> Note to self: do not attempt to become a commercial airline pilot.

Good to know I’m not the only one who jumped right on that. 😃

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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-on-the-hudson/484247/7 "2009-02-03T16:14:44Z")

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Did you also attempt to land at Newark airport only to kill several hundred hobokenites? Hehe, actually I think I crash landed near my actual home. Glad THAT didn’t happen for real!