- US Airways flight 1549, an Airbus A320 (from NYC to Charlotte, NC) took off from LGA at 3:11 p.m. Three minutes after take off, just northeast of the George Washington Bridge, the plane encountered a flock of geese that flew into both engines and resulted in a complete loss of thrust.Pilot Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger made a decision that he would be unable to make it to an airstrip in time to land and decided the best course of action would be to ditch the plane in the Hudson River.All 155 passengers were rescued safely.
- Janis Krums was on one of the ferries that wound up helping to rescue passengers that were standing on the wings of the plane. He snapped a photo and uploaded it to Twitter as they approached. It remains to this day as one of the most iconic photos to be shared on Twitter.
- The flightpath, via i'm not sayin', i'm just sayin
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US Airways (US) #1549 Flight Tracker (AWE1549) Flight Tracker (en route flights, arrivals, departures, history) with live maps and aircra...- The NYC Aviation message board watched it unfold in real time.
U.S. Airways Flight 1549 Crashes into Hudson River: GothamistReports are coming in that a plane has crashed in the Hudson River, between Piers 88 and 92 (West 48th-West 52nd Streets; U.S.S. Intrepid...
Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River; all aboard reported safe - CNN.comNEW YORK (CNN) -- A US Airways plane with 155 people on board ditched into a chilly Hudson River on Thursday, apparently after striking a...
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