The APU, or auxiliary power unit aboard an aircraft has a specific purpose, but also a pretty big drawback. Here's what you ...

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- For three minutes, the most frightened people in the world may have been the crew and passengers aboard US Airways Flight 1549 as the plane headed for a splashdown in the Hudson ...

Capt. Sully Sullenberger became a hero when he landed a jet airliner in the Hudson River after a bird strike. Why don't they use mesh to protect jet engines?

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 ...

A US Airways plane with 155 people on board ditched into a chilly Hudson River on Thursday, apparently after striking at least one bird upon takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport, according to ...

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and the crew of US Airways Flight 1549 were awarded the 2010 Current ... the airport environment safer, in terms of aircraft design and certification standards and ...

An incident occurred on January 15, 2009, when the US Airways Flight 1549 flew into a flock of Canadian geese shortly after taking off from New York's Laguardia airport. The plane lost all engine ...