The january 2009 splash landing of us airways flight 1549 on the hudson river immediately became part of aviation lore. Us airways flight 1549 emergency landing on the hudson. O n january 15 2009, us airways flight 1549 took off from laguardia airport in new york for charlotte, north carolina. Fdny audio us airways flight 1549 hudson north river on january 15, 2009. New york city the transcript of the cockpit and radio communication from the us airways flight that landed in the hudson river after striking a flock of geese was released today by the. Real time synced video and atc audio of hudson landing. Hero pilot sully sullenberger recalls miracle on the.
Us airways 1549 hudson landing with transcript youtube. Airways flight 1549, an airbus a320 that made an emergency landing thursday in the hudson river, sits on a barge after being hauled out of the river in new york, sunday, jan. The pilot of us airways flight 1549, which ditched into new yorks hudson river, calmly radioed to air traffic controllers, were going to be in the hudson. 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. Us airways flight 1549 full cockpit recording youtube. Seven years ago, the world watched as captain chesley sully sullenberger safely glided us airways flight 1549 onto the hudson river after a flock of birds took out both engines. As sully debuts, a look back at the miracle on the hudson. Quickly, a book about a river landing the new york times. The most viewed aviation channel on youtube audio only with annotations from transcript. On january 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when captain sully sullenberger skillfully glided us airways flight 1549 onto the hudson river, saving the lives of. Miracle on the hudson us airways flight 1549 transcript.
Hudson river plane landing us airways 1549 animation with audio. Now a major motion picture from clint eastwood, starring tom hanksthe inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating american heroes of our time, capt. Airways passenger plane as it conducted an emergency landing into the hudson river. Air cockpit audio tapes were gonna be in the hudson. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the hudson river. Now, more than six years later, the story of the miracle on. New york city plane crash water hudson river cnn 911 twin tours wrecks 2009 new york city plane crash. The federal aviation administration released audio of the air traffic communications and transcripts between controllers and pilots when us airways flight 1549 crashlanded into the hudson river. Five people were seriously injured, but there were no fatalities. The place was the hudson river west of manhattan and east of weehawken, n.
The title of the ntsb national transportation safety board report is pretty straightforward. In 2009, a bird strike forced pilot chesley sully sullenberger to bring down us airways flight 1549 into the hudson river in a miracle landing that saved everyone on board. Us airways airbus crashes in the hudson river airline world. A few minutes after takeoff due to problems with the engines because of bird strikes on the. Airways flight 1549 going into the hudson river, but a new video painstakingly compiled by an engineer offers the most comprehensive and compelling look. Sully sullenberger lands us airways flight 1549 in the hudson river posted by william a. When us airways flight 1549 ditched in the hudson river and all of its 150 passengers and five crew members were safely rescued in january, the landing of the airplane by pilot chesley. It has been more than a month since chesley sully sullenberger landed his stricken us airways jet in the hudson river, but gamers and geeks are still churning out impressive animations. On january 15, 2009, shortly after takeoff from laguardia airport, us airways flight 1549 struck a flock of canada geese. The federal aviation administration released audio recordings this morning that reveal the communications between air traffic control and us airways flight 1549 just before it splashed down into. In less than 20 minutes, the plane was landed on the hudson river. Barry leonard was one of 155 passengers and crew aboard us airways flight 1549 on jan. The pilot sully sullenberger guided the plane into the. Thats the descriptor that popped up in the days after the successful landing of us air flight 1549 in the hudson river on january 15, 2009.
Mayday 05 hudson river runway us airways flight 1549. Us airways flight 1549, piloted by captain chesley sullenberger, made an emergency landing in the hudson river after departure from new yorks laguardia airport, sending passengers fleeing for. Sullenberger iiis fatalityfree ditching, after six minutes aloft, of us airways flight 1549 in the hudson river in january is. Read the answer by ross mcdonagh at answer to how do aviation safety authorities secure the scene of a water landing such as us airways flight 1549 in the hudson river. Us airways crew and passengers mark one year since hudson.
So it is perhaps appropriate that a quick landing capt. Passengers stand on the wings of a us airways plane as a ferry pulls up to it after it landed in the hudson river in new york on thursday. Audio of us airways flight that landed in hudson hear audio of airtraffic controllers and the pilot of us airways flight 1549, which crash landed in new yorks hudson river in january. The positive safety culture traits that contributed to the successful outcome of this event parallel those traits the nrc has incorporated into. The extraordinary reallife story behind flight 1549, by the survivors paperback december 28, 2010. Video of us airways descent into hudson river released. Newser hero pilot chesley sullenbergers local library has told him not to worry about a borrowed book stuck in the hold of us airways flight 1549 that crashed in the hudson river, ap reports. The federal aviation authority has released transcripts of communications that took place between us airways flight 1549 and air traffic controllers when the plane landed in the hudson river on 15 january. Hear audio of airtraffic controllers and the pilot of us airways flight 1549, which crash landed in new yorks hudson river in january. A us airways jet, on its way from new yorks laguardia airport to charlotte, n. This video frame grab image taken from wnbctv shows a us airways aircraft that has gone down in the hudson river in new york today. Unable to reach an y airpo rt, pilots chesley sullenberger and jeffrey skiles glided the plane to a ditching in the hudson river off midtown. The geese were then sucked into the planes twin engines, causing total engine. 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.
Us airways flight 1549 made an emergency crashlanding into the hudson river on thursday, january 15, 2009. Us airwa ys flight 1549 was a n airb us a320 which, in the climbout after takeoff from new york city s laguardia airpo rt on january 15, 2009, struck a flock of canada geese less than five miles north west of th e airpo rt and consequently lost all engine power. Us airways news stories about us airways page 4 newser. See more ideas about sully, chesley sullenberger and hudson river. Loss of thrust in both engines after encountering a flock of birds and subsequent ditching on the hudson.
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