10 Feb Visual data: landing an Airbus in the Hudson River

Still on the subject of aircraft, remember US Airways Flight 1549, the Airbus 320 that set down safely in New York’s Hudson River after losing both its engines to a collision with Canada geese? Exosphere3D, a Denver company that “specializes in technical animation and scientific visualization of complex data sets,” has combined the wealth of publicly available radar data, cockpit and air traffic control recordings, and flight recorder information to create a series of startling 3D animations the tell the story in a way that would have been inconceivable a decade ago. I’ve embedded the best of the bunch here, but if you have the bandwidth, check out the full screen view on YouTube.

Hat tip:  James Fallows.