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US Airways Flight 1549. / 40.7695; -74.0046. US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City 's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States. On January 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 serving the flight struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia, losing all engine power.
Jul 24, 2023 · Learn how US Airways Flight 1549 crash-landed on the Hudson River in 2009 after hitting a flock of birds, and how the pilots and passengers survived the ordeal. Read the investigation report, listen to the ATC audio, and see the photos of the incident.
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US Airways flight 1549, flight of a passenger airliner that made an emergency landing in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, shortly after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, which resulted in no fatalities. The event made a national hero of pilot Chesley (‘Sully’) Sullenberger.
Jan 10, 2024 · On January 15, 2009, a plane hit a flock of geese and lost both engines after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. Pilot Sully Sullenberger made a daring decision to land in the Hudson River, saving all 155 people onboard.
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Abstract: This report describes the January 15, 2009, accident involving the ditching of US Airways flight 1549 on the Hudson River about 8.5 miles from LaGuardia Airport, New York City, after an almost complete loss of thrust in both engines following an encounter with a flock of birds. The 150 passengers,
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Jan 15, 2019 · Miraculous. That's the descriptor that popped up in the days after the successful landing of US Air Flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009. But then, as now, aviation experts saw the ...
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May 5, 2009 · At 3:25 p.m., US Airways Flight 1549, bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, was cleared for takeoff on the northeast runway, with a turn to the north, and an initial climb to 5,000 feet. US Airways ...
