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US Airways Flight 1549 facts for kids
US Airways Flight 1549 was a commercial airplane flight that landed in the Hudson River because a flock of birds hit its engines. The plane took off from La Guardia in New York. The event was remarkable because no one died. Flight 1549 is also known as The Miracle In the Hudson. The aircraft had a pilot named Sully Sulleburger. In 2016 a film was made recreating the crash. The film is named Sully.
Images for kids
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N106US at LaGuardia in 2001
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LaGuardia Runway 4 departure
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Flight path flown (red). Alternative trajectories to Teterboro (blue) and back toward La Guardia (purple) were simulated for the investigation.
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The half-sunken plane surrounded by boats
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The downed A320 tied up alongside Battery Park City
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The plane being recovered from the river during the night of January 17
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Feather found in left (#1) engine
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N106US on display at Carolinas Aviation Museum