Flight 1549 Game: Be a Hero on the Hudson

If it wasn't enough for you to read about the miraculous landing of flight 1549 on the Hudson River and follow the action via sites like Twitter, you can now play the video game.

The flight 1549 game "Hero on the Hudson" gives you the following scenario:

"Both engines are out.  The plane is too low and too slow to make it to the airport.  You decide to make emergency landing in the river."

You then proceed to control the aircraft with your computer keyboard's left and right arrow keys.

"I think it's natural for someone to want to capitalize on a sensational event like that," said Todd Wissing of Raleigh, N.C., an 18-year veteran pilot with American Airlines. Though Wissing had not heard of the game, he said, "It sounds like it might not be in the best taste, but the fact that the event itself had a happy ending makes it a bit more palatable."

Like it or not, the game is here - and it's free.  You can play "Hero on the Hudson" on the Tastyplay website by clicking here.

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