![]() It was eerily quiet - everyone was assessing the situation. But we weren't falling, so I thought, "OK, one of our engines has blown, but we have another engine, we're returning to La Guardia, the pilot has everything under control." I didn't realise that both engines had failed. ![]() Looking out of the window, I could see us rollicking back and forth we were so high up, the houses looked like toys and the cars like ants. Everybody gasped and there were a few screams. The plane jolted and there was a smell of burning machinery. A few minutes after takeoff came a loud explosion like a car backfiring. I'm not a nervous flyer in fact, I was napping as we took off. I fly for business every other week and I try to get a seat with extra leg room. I was in 10F, the window seat of the emergency aisle, on the right side of the plane. ![]() I'd like to think anyone in my seat would have done the same thing. Crash landing: The Hudson river, New York ![]()
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