Air Crash Investigation - S10E05 Hudson River Runway (US Airways Flight 1549)

Description

On 15 January 2009, an Airbus A320 as US Airways Flight 1549 encounters a bird strike with a flock of Canadian geese just 1 and a half minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York en route to Charlotte/Douglas Airport. The flight just lasted about 5 minutes when the plane ditched into the Hudson River, amazingly leaving all on board alive. The ditching is described as "the most successful ditching of all time" by the Guinness World Records.

Type of aircraft: Airbus A320-214.
Cause of disaster: Bird strike resulting in a dual engine failure.

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