In 2009 an AirBus A320 departing LaGuardia Airport in New York suffered a dual engine failure due to a bird strike during takeoff. In a highly improbable event an equally highly improbable landing in the Hudson River shocked and amazed the world. We look at what went right on Flight 1549.
With John Chidgey.
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Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen, John Whitlow and Joseph Antonio.
With John Chidgey.
Links of potential interest:
- US Airways Flight 1549
- The Miracle On The Hudson
- NTSB Official Report (PDF)
- 49 CFR 830.2 Definitions
- CFM International CFM56
- Chesley Sullenberger
- Jeff Skiles
- What the ‘Sully’ Movie Gets Wrong
- LaGuardia Airport Diagram
- Cold Water Survival
- Medium Flocking Bird Test at Climb Condition
Support Causality on Patreon
Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen, John Whitlow and Joseph Antonio.
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