http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2166959/posts A US Airways Airbus A320 pilot guided his jetliner into the frigid Hudson River after a flock of birds knocked out both its engines just after takeoff Thursday. The plane, an Airbus A320 that had taken off minutes earlier from LaGuardia Airport bound for Charlotte, N.C., was submerged up to its windows in the river when rescuers arrived in Coast Guard vessels and ferries. Some passengers waited in water up to their knees, standing on the wing of the plane for help.
PETA is picketing in front of US Airways' headquarters. PETA spokesperson said “I think it is sad that everybody is saying "nobody died", because some did: the birds.
It seems that the animal rights group, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), is strongly considering filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of every goose, pigeon, sparrow and seagull that has died at the hands of an airplane.
