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U .S . Airways Flight 1549 Accident

Flight Accident

The above mentioned airplane was a planned commercial passenger flight that took off from LaGuardia Airport , New York destined for Charlotte Douglas Airport in North Carolina on January 15 , 2009 . Six minutes after takeoff , the airplane was successfully abandoned in Hudson River after striking multiple birds during its initial climb out . The crew reported by radio two minutes after takeoff at an altitude of 3 ,200 feet , the Airbus experienced multiple bird strikes . The result

of this multiple bird strikes , which occurred in northeast of George Washington Bridge was compressor stalls as well as loss of thrust in both engines . The Airbus was ditched in Hudson River after the aircrew discovered that they would not reach any airfield and turned southward . Fortunately , all the 155 passengers on board survived the accident though the Airbus was partly submerged and sinking slowly

Bird Strike

According to an FAA spokeswoman , initial reports indicated that the plane 's engines were damaged following a double bird strike . While the plane captain declared an emergency after experiencing the bird strike the passengers on board reported of a smell of fuel , engine flames and loss of power before the landing (Steenhor par , 4 . The co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles , who was at the controls when the flight took off , was the first to observe the formation of birds which were approaching the aircraft . When the Airbus collided with the birds , the windscreen turned dark brown immediately...