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Given their position in relation to the available airports and their low altitude, pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles decided to glide the plane to ditching on the Hudson River near Midtown Manhattan. [1][2] All 155 people on board were rescued by nearby boats.
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,
10 sty 2024 · After a catastrophic bird strike, pilot Sully Sullenberger landed in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 — saving everyone onboard. Incredibly, all 155 people onboard US Airways Flight 1549 survived the water landing.
26 paź 2024 · 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.
24 lip 2023 · On January 15th, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 crash-landed on the Hudson River after hitting a flock of birds during takeoff. The skilled response of Captain Chesley Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles resulted in all 150 passengers and five crew members surviving the crash.
15 sty 2009 · In January 1982, an Air Florida flight crashed into the Potomac in Washington. That plane was not fully de-iced on a 24°F day; only five people survived the accident, in part because it took...
15 sty 2009 · The airliner was climbing and gaining airspeed, when at 3:27:11, it collided with a large flock of Canada Geese at an altitude of 2,818 feet (859 meters), approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers) from the runway. Birds were ingested in both engines which immediately lost thrust.
