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Hear audio of air-traffic controllers and the pilot of US Airways flight 1549, which crash landed in New York's Hudson River in January. The pilot 'Sully' Sullenberger guided the plane into the ...
Just after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Jan. 15, 2009, a flock of Canada geese took out both engines on US Airways Flight 1549. Capt. Sullenberger told his passengers to brace ...
NEW YORK (CNN)-- Minutes after he reported hitting birds and losing power in both engines, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 calmly told an air traffic controller the plane would ditch into the ...
“Sully” Sullenberger III, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549. Here’s what you need to know about this man, now called the “Hero of the Hudson,” who saved the lives of the 155 passengers ...
The Smithsonian's Feather Identification Laboratory quickly determined that Canada geese had disabled US Airways Flight 1549. Chip Clark / NMNH, SI With both engines dead due to bird strikes ...
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and the crew of US Airways Flight 1549 were awarded the 2010 Current Achievement Trophy. Andrew Theodorakis, NY Daily News / Getty Images In recognition of his ...
Skiles was flying US Airways Flight 1549, bound for Charlotte ... Watch workers begin the retrieval process » The flight data and cockpit voice recorders -- both crucial to determining exactly ...