2009: Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River; all aboard reported safe | CNN

Video Ad Feedback Cockpit recordings of Hudson River crash landing (2009) 00:38 - Source: CNN Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of a CNN.com article from January 15, 2009. CNN — A US Airways plane with 155 people on board ditched into a chilly Hudson River on Thursday, apparently after striking at least one bird upon takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, according to officials and passengers. Everyone on board was accounted for and alive, officials said. About 15 people were being treated at hospitals and others were being evaluated at triage centers. Flight 1549, headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, was airborne less than three minutes, according to FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown. The pilot radioed to air traffic controllers that he had experienced a bird strike and declared an emergency, a New Jersey State Police source said. Phone photo of U.S. Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 posted to Twitter. Janis Krums gallery Related gallery Eyewitness views of the...