Air disaster

US Airways Flight 1549

15 Jan 2009 · 40.77° N, 74.00° W

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When
15 Jan 2009
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
40.77° N, 74.00° W
Description
2009 aircraft accident in New York, USA
Deaths
0
Injured
100
Cause
jet engine ingestion, bird strike

US Airways Flight 1549

2009 aviation accident in New York

US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways domestic flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, that ditched onto the Hudson River shortly after takeoff on January 15, 2009, due to a double engine failure caused by a bird strike.

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