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[[File:Flight1549CrashAndRescue.ogg|thumbtime=50|thumb|Coast Guard video (8:07 long) of the crash and rescue; splashdown is at 3:31:02 pm]] |
[[File:Flight1549CrashAndRescue.ogg|thumbtime=50|thumb|Coast Guard video (8:07 long) of the crash and rescue; splashdown is at 3:31:02 pm]] |
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On January 15, 2009, an Airbus A320 registered N106US, [[US Airways Flight 1549|Flight 1549]] under the command of Captain [[Chesley Sullenberger]], flying from New York City's [[LaGuardia Airport]] to [[Charlotte-Douglas International Airport|Charlotte Douglas International Airport]], [[Water landing|ditched]] into the [[Hudson River]] shortly after takeoff. [[Bird strike|Multiple bird hits]] from a flock of [[Canada goose|Canada geese]] caused both engines to lose power.<ref>{{cite news |title=NTSB Confirms Birds In Engines Of Flight 1549 |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/ntsb_confirms_birds_in_engines.html |agency=Associated Press |work=[[The Star-Ledger]] |location=Newark |date=February 4, 2009 |access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> All 150 passengers and 5 crew members (2 pilots and 3 flight attendants) survived. New York's [[David Paterson|Governor David Paterson]] called it "the miracle on the Hudson".<ref>{{cite news |title=Miracle on the Hudson: 155 survive crash as jet hits river in New York |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/16/us-airways-plane-crash-lands-on-hudson |last=Pilkington |first=Ed |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> |
On January 15, 2009, an Airbus A320 registered N106US, [[US Airways Flight 1549|Flight 1549]] under the command of Captain [[Chesley Sullenberger]], flying from New York City's [[LaGuardia Airport]] to [[Charlotte-Douglas International Airport|Charlotte Douglas International Airport]], [[Water landing|ditched]] into the [[Hudson River]] shortly after takeoff. [[Bird strike|Multiple bird hits]] from a flock of [[Canada goose|Canada geese]] caused both engines to lose power.<ref>{{cite news |title=NTSB Confirms Birds In Engines Of Flight 1549 |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/ntsb_confirms_birds_in_engines.html |agency=Associated Press |work=[[The Star-Ledger]] |location=Newark |date=February 4, 2009 |access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> All 150 passengers and 5 crew members (2 pilots and 3 flight attendants) survived. New York's [[David Paterson|Governor David Paterson]] called it "the miracle on the Hudson".<ref>{{cite news |title=Miracle on the Hudson: 155 survive crash as jet hits river in New York |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/16/us-airways-plane-crash-lands-on-hudson |last=Pilkington |first=Ed |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> |