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US Airways Flight 1549 facts for kids

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Plane on the surface of the Hudson river

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.

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  • Airbus A320-214, US Airways Shuttle AN0205775

    N106US at LaGuardia in 2001

  • LGA RWY 4 DEP 15JAN2009

    LaGuardia Runway 4 departure

  • The aircraft headed approximately north after takeoff, then wheeled anti-clockwise to follow the Hudson southwards

    Flight path flown (red). Alternative trajectories to Teterboro (blue) and back toward La Guardia (purple) were simulated for the investigation.

  • US Airways Flight 1549 in Hudson cropped

    The half-sunken plane surrounded by boats

  • Flight1549BatteryPark2 crop

    The downed A320 tied up alongside Battery Park City

  • USAirways-1549 lifting out of Hudson

    The plane being recovered from the river during the night of January 17

  • USAir 1549 bird feather

    Feather found in left (#1) engine

  • N106US aviation museum

    N106US on display at Carolinas Aviation Museum

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