Based on recently released information by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Cactus Flight 1549 Accident Reconstruction (exosphere3d.com) contains a very detailed technical description accompanied with various visualization animations of US Airways Flight 1549, or better, how it ditched in the Hudson River earlier this year.

A FEW MONTHS AGO I attended VizThink ’09 in San Jose, California, where I learned tons from the best visual thinkers in the world. One of the workshops I enjoyed most was with Dan Roam, author of The Back of the Napkin—recently named one of the best business books of 2008. Dan is a fascinating guy and his book is simply brilliant.

Dan spoke a lot about his next book, and I’m anxious to summarize my notes from that lecture and will post them here. In the meantime, if you believe in the power of visual thinking to solve business challenges, pick up his book. It isn’t an easy read, but if you’re fascinated (like I am) with organizing complex information, and then distilling it in ways that help people communicate, you will enjoy the book.

By the way, this comic doesn’t have anything to do with Dan Roam or the VizThink conference, but I couldn’t resist its application to visual problem solving!

This video shows the GPS tracings of every single plane entering British airspace over a 24-hour period.