A miracle on the Hudson River
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New York- U.S. Airways flight 1549 Crash-landed in the Hudson River yesterday at 3:27 p.m. The Pilot, Captain Sullenberger succeeded in landing the huge plane safely. All of the passengers and crew on the plane were able to get out alive.
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Why did this happen? The U.S. Airways plane took off from LaGuardia Airport at 3:25 in the afternoon. Three minutes after take off, it hit a flock of birds. Both engines stopped working. The pilot informed the air traffic controller. Patrick Harten, that he had to make an emergency landing.
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Patrick immediately gave the pilot several options for landing at the airport, but the pilot knew that the plane couldn’t fly that far. His last words on the radio were: “We’re gonna be in the Hudson.” It was a miracle that everybody survived.
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Published: Oct 7, 2020
Latest Revision: Oct 7, 2020
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