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US Airways Flight 1549: Sully

Bird Strike

Thursday Jan 15, 2009 at 03:27:00 PM
Hudson River, New York, U.S.

At 3:27:11 the plane struck a flock of Canada geese at an altitude of 2,818 feet (859 m) about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-northwest of LaGuardia. The pilots' view was filled with the large birds; passengers and crew heard very loud bangs and saw flames from the engines, followed by silence and an odor of fuel.


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