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US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States, that ditched onto the Hudson River shortly after takeoff on January 15, 2009, due to a double engine failure caused by a bird strike. The Airbus A320 operating the flight, registered N106US, struck a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia, resulting in a dual engine failure. Given their position in relation to the available airports and their low altitude, pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles decided to glide the aircraft into a water landing on the Hudson River near Midtown Manhattan, doing so without significant damage to the aircraft. All 155 people on board survived and were rescued by nearby boats, although 100 people were injured, 5 seriously. The time from the bird strike to the ditching was less than four minutes.
The then-Governor of New York State, David Paterson, called the incident a "Miracle on the Hudson" and a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) official described it as "the most successful ditching in aviation history". Flight simulations showed that the aircraft could have returned to LaGuardia, had it turned toward the airport immediately after the bird strike. However, the NTSB found that the scenario did not account for real-world considerations, and affirmed the ditching as providing the highest probability of survival, given the circumstances. The pilots and flight attendants were awarded the Master's Medal of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators in recognition of their "heroic and unique aviation achievement".
The aircraft in question, N106US, was an Airbus A320-214 built in 1999 in Toulouse, France for US Airways.[citation needed] Its first flight was on June 15, 1999, and was delivered to US Airways one month later. It was powered by two CFM International CFM56-5B4/P turbofan engines.
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 with call sign "CACTUS 1549" was scheduled to fly from New York City's LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA), with a planned intermediate stop at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in Charlotte, North Carolina.[citation needed]
The pilot in command was 57-year-old Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, a former fighter pilot who had been an airline pilot since leaving the United States Air Force in 1980. At the time, he had logged 19,663 total flight hours, including 4,765 in an A320; he was also a glider pilot and expert on aviation safety. The second in command (co-pilot) was 49-year-old First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, who had accrued 15,643 career flight hours, including 37 in an A320, but this was his first assignment as pilot flying in an A320. There were 150 passengers and 3 flight attendants—Sheila Dail, Donna Dent and Doreen Welsh—on board.
The flight was cleared for takeoff to the northeast from LaGuardia's Runway 4 at 15:24:56 Eastern Standard Time (20:24:56 UTC). With Skiles in control, the crew made its first report after becoming airborne at 15:25:51 as being at 700 feet (210 m) and climbing.
The weather at 14:51 was 10 miles (16 km) visibility with broken clouds at 3,700 feet (1,100 m), wind 8 knots (9 mph; 15 km/h) from 290°; an hour later it was few clouds at 4,200 feet (1,300 m), wind 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) from 310°. At 15:26:37, Sullenberger remarked to Skiles, "What a view of the Hudson today."
At 15:27:11, during climbout, the plane struck a flock of Canada geese at an altitude of 2,818 feet (859 m) about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-northwest of LaGuardia. The pilots' view was filled with the large birds; passengers and crew heard very loud bangs and saw flames from the engines, followed by silence and an odor of fuel.
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US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States, that ditched onto the Hudson River shortly after takeoff on January 15, 2009, due to a double engine failure caused by a bird strike. The Airbus A320 operating the flight, registered N106US, struck a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia, resulting in a dual engine failure. Given their position in relation to the available airports and their low altitude, pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles decided to glide the aircraft into a water landing on the Hudson River near Midtown Manhattan, doing so without significant damage to the aircraft. All 155 people on board survived and were rescued by nearby boats, although 100 people were injured, 5 seriously. The time from the bird strike to the ditching was less than four minutes.
The then-Governor of New York State, David Paterson, called the incident a "Miracle on the Hudson" and a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) official described it as "the most successful ditching in aviation history". Flight simulations showed that the aircraft could have returned to LaGuardia, had it turned toward the airport immediately after the bird strike. However, the NTSB found that the scenario did not account for real-world considerations, and affirmed the ditching as providing the highest probability of survival, given the circumstances. The pilots and flight attendants were awarded the Master's Medal of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators in recognition of their "heroic and unique aviation achievement".
The aircraft in question, N106US, was an Airbus A320-214 built in 1999 in Toulouse, France for US Airways.[citation needed] Its first flight was on June 15, 1999, and was delivered to US Airways one month later. It was powered by two CFM International CFM56-5B4/P turbofan engines.
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 with call sign "CACTUS 1549" was scheduled to fly from New York City's LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA), with a planned intermediate stop at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in Charlotte, North Carolina.[citation needed]
The pilot in command was 57-year-old Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, a former fighter pilot who had been an airline pilot since leaving the United States Air Force in 1980. At the time, he had logged 19,663 total flight hours, including 4,765 in an A320; he was also a glider pilot and expert on aviation safety. The second in command (co-pilot) was 49-year-old First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, who had accrued 15,643 career flight hours, including 37 in an A320, but this was his first assignment as pilot flying in an A320. There were 150 passengers and 3 flight attendants—Sheila Dail, Donna Dent and Doreen Welsh—on board.
The flight was cleared for takeoff to the northeast from LaGuardia's Runway 4 at 15:24:56 Eastern Standard Time (20:24:56 UTC). With Skiles in control, the crew made its first report after becoming airborne at 15:25:51 as being at 700 feet (210 m) and climbing.
The weather at 14:51 was 10 miles (16 km) visibility with broken clouds at 3,700 feet (1,100 m), wind 8 knots (9 mph; 15 km/h) from 290°; an hour later it was few clouds at 4,200 feet (1,300 m), wind 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) from 310°. At 15:26:37, Sullenberger remarked to Skiles, "What a view of the Hudson today."
At 15:27:11, during climbout, the plane struck a flock of Canada geese at an altitude of 2,818 feet (859 m) about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-northwest of LaGuardia. The pilots' view was filled with the large birds; passengers and crew heard very loud bangs and saw flames from the engines, followed by silence and an odor of fuel.
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