Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport for Charlotte, North Carolina, when a flock of geese disabled the engines. Circling west and then over the George Washington Bridge ...
just topping the George Washington Bridge. At 3:30 p.m., Sullenberger told the passengers, “Brace for impact,” per reports. Traveling at 150 mph with its nose raised, Flight 1549 landed in the frigid ...