Pilots Admired Hudson River Before Striking Birds
The pilots of US Airways Flight 1549 were admiring the view of the Hudson River less than minute before they struck a flock of Canada geese. Only minutes later their plane and all 155 people aboard were in the same river.
Published: June 9, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - The pilots of US Airways Flight 1549 were admiring the view of the Hudson River less than minute before they struck a flock of Canada geese.
Only minutes later their plane and all 155 people aboard were in the same river.
A cockpit voice recorder transcript released Tuesday shows Captain Chesley Sullenberger remarking to co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, “Uh, what a view of the Hudson today.“
Skiles responded: “Yeah”
Less than a minute later Sullenberger says, “birds.“ Skiles says, ‘Whoa,‘ and there is the sound of thumping.
The National Transportation Safety Board released a transcript of the Jan. 15 flight.
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