why did I point to the DC8 in san francisco bay vs the airbus in the hudson? the airbus did not survive to fly again.
the DC8 did.
that's the difference.
Well that's about the most meaningless comparison that anyone could come up with ... congratulations!
Do you really think that if Sully had dunked a DC8 into the Hudson that it would be allowed to fly again in the current regulatory environment?
Do you really think that if semi-conductors were widely available when the DC8 was built that it wouldn't have had at least a few of them and associated wiring that would be trashed by water making repair more costly?
Do you really think that the potential for an aircraft to be restorable to flying condition after a ~700 fpm impact with water has much to do with anything but luck and then an owner with sufficent patience and resources to attempt the job?
Get real. No one designs an aircraft with the objective that it will fly again after after a forced landing on water. If it does, great, but that 's purely incidental, everyone else is satisfied if the passengers and crew emerge from the event uninjured, just as they did in this case.
ELAC