The airplane lost thrust in one engine, then in two, Mr. Smart said.
"Hit birds, we lost thrust in both engines, we're turning back towards La Guardia," he told the control tower in his deep, slightly gravely voice.
Captain Sullenberger replied, "Ah, this is, uh, Cactus 1539, hit birds, we lost thrust in both engines; we're turning back towards La Guardia".
"Losing thrust on both engines, at a low speed, at a low altitude, over one of the most densely populated areas on the planet.
That is how a writer loses thrust and form, and how Thomas Harris went from this, a jailbreak in "The Silence of the Lambs": "Lieutenant, it looks like he's got two six-shot.38s.
Losing thrust in both engines but still managing to land an airliner full of people in the Hudson river without the loss of a single life is plenty dramatic.
That is how a writer loses thrust and form, and how Thomas Harris went from this, a jailbreak in "The Silence of the Lambs": **{:.break one} ** "Lieutenant, it looks like he's got two six-shot.38s.
In it, he points to this disturbing United States Geological Survey report on an ash-related incident in 1989 In 1989, a wide-body passenger jet destined for Anchorage airport flew into the volcanic ash cloud generated by Mount Redoubt, Alaska and lost thrust all 4 engines.
He called New York Approach and said, "We lost thrust in both engines.
