miracle?
As a SLF, I find it hard to get an understanding of exactly how "miraculous" this accident was. I can certainly appreciate the relief and admiration expressed in this thread, but it would be highly interesting to get a sense of the probability of a happy ending such as this one.
Repeating the incident (from engine failure), how many times out of a hundred would the plane come down with no fatalities?
Would the numbers be very different with an "average" flight crew, assuming Sully & FO pulled off something quite out of the ordinary?
The nature of the questions obviously implies ballpark estimates at best, but that easily beats my unfounded stabs in the dark.