Date | 15 January 2009 | ||
Type : | Multiple bird strikes controlled ditching | ||
Location : | Hudson River, New York | ||
Passengers : | 150 | ||
Crew : | 5 | ||
Fatalities : | 0 | ||
Survivors : | 155 (all)) | ||
Aircraft involved : | Airbus A320 | ||
Operator : | US Airways | ||
Aircraft registration : | N106US | ||
Flight origin : | La Guardia Airport | ||
Destination : | Charlotte Douglas Airport |
The incidents which involves an A320 en route from from New York La Guardia LGA KLGA? to Charlotte Douglas International CLT KCLT?. The aircraft hit a flock of birds and lost both engines in the process. The pilot decided to ditch the plane in the frozen Hudson River. All the passangers and the whole crew survived
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