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The plane being recovered from the river during the night of January 17. The partially submerged plane was towed downstream and moored to a pier near the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan, roughly 4 miles (6 km) from the ditching location. [35] On January 17, the aircraft was taken by barge [78] [79] to New Jersey. [80]
Visual flight rules on the river corridors by Manhattan have been subject to considerable debate since the 2006 New York City plane crash, in which New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into an apartment building while flying using visual flight rules on the East River. [6] This was the first aircraft collision over the Hudson River since ...
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III (born January 23, 1951) is an American retired aviator, diplomat and aviation safety expert.He is best known for his actions as captain of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 15, 2009, when he ditched the plane, landing on the Hudson River after both engines were disabled by a bird strike.
Captain Sullenberger's heroic life-or-death decision has become world-famous, with the accident dubbed the "Miracle on the Hudson." An Airbus A320 jet crash landed on the Hudson River with no ...
Few people can relate to the pilots involved in the American Airlines plane crash over the Potomac River on Wednesday, Jan. 29, as well as Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III. In 2009 ...
Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who safely landed a passenger plane in the Hudson River in 2009, said a combination of two factors might have contributed to the American Airlines ...
US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 departing for Charlotte/Douglas International Airport ditched in the Hudson River after losing both engines as a result of multiple bird strikes at an altitude of 3,000 feet (910 m); all 150 passengers and 5 crew members successfully evacuated.
An air traffic controller distracted by a phone call about a dead cat made errors that contributed to the midair collision of a tour helicopter and small plane over the Hudson River last year ...