Some Safety Advocates Say the FAA Is Backtracking On Its Promise To Tell the Public Where Midair Bir
NBC ID: ARWZ2HC2SJ | Production Unit: Today Show | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: NY-WTDY-20090329-0001 | Air Date(s): 03/29/2009 | Event Date(s): 03/29/2009Beschreibung
Event Date(s): 03/29/2009 | Event Location(s): New York City, New York;Hudson River;Washington, DC; | Description: GFX: Animation of US Airways Flight 1549 flying. INT MS: (B&W) A cockpit. GFX: Insert still of the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, Captain Chesley Sullenberger. GFX: Animation of Canada geese flying towards an engine of Flight 1549. VO: (From air traffic control radio chatter, subtitled) A controller says,"This is Cactus 1539. Hit birds. We lost thrust in both engines, we're turning back towards to LaGuardia." GFX: Animation of Flight 1549 heading towards the Hudson River. CLIP: Slow motion clip of the blades of an engine cutting up a simulated bird during a test. EXT DAY NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK AND THE HUDSON RIVER 2009-01-15 WS: Flight 1549 glides on the river. WS: Flight 1549 floats on the river. WS: Flight 1549 glides on the river. AERIAL: Rescue boats nearby Flight 1549. EXT DAY MS: Low shot of a plane flying overhead. MS: Canada geese fly. MS: Canada geese fly. EXT DAY MS: People wait on line in airport terminal. GFX: Graphic of Federal Aviation Administration logo. GFX: Super"We have developed a number of voluntary reporting systems to protect data and ensure there is robust reporting. These voluntary programs are vital to improving aviation safety." GfX: Footer"Laura Brown FAA Spokesperson." INT MS: In interview, Aviation Consultant Mike Boyd says,"This is all about bird strikes, not national security. The reality is, we do have bird strikes, the public should know about them." EXT DAY MS: An airplane flies. MS: Canada geese fly. GFX: Header"Bird Strikes." GFX: Super"1990: 1,759","2007: 7,600","166 Emergency Landings Since 2000","Canada Geese Population 400% Since 1990." GFX: Insert shots of Canada geese flying and of an airplane flying. INT MS: Panning shot of radar screen and air traffic control workstations. EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC MS: NBC's Tom Costello reports and signs off on-camera.