US Airways Flight 1549 made a miraculous emergency landing in the Hudson River on this day in history, Jan. 15, 2009. The maneuver occurred shortly after the US Airways Airbus A320 aircraft le… ...

US Airways Flight 1549 made a miraculous emergency landing in the Hudson River on this day in history, Jan. 15, 2009. The maneuver occurred shortly after the US Airways Airbus A320 aircraft left ...

Originally published on Jan. 15, 2014. It was five years ago today that US Airways Flight 1549 made its now-famous "splash landing" in the Hudson River.

US Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport en route to Charlotte, N.C., when federal officials said it might have flown through a large flock of Canada geese, sucking some ...

"You're landing on a big blue screen," said one US Airways A320 pilot, referring to the flat-panel computer screens in the simulator. "Better to land at an airport where there's actual crash-fire ...

Capt. Chesley Sullenberger III, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, guided the Airbus A320 into the Hudson River on Thursday. Safety Reliability Methods Inc.

AP Photo/David Goldman Passengers, crew and their family members, of the US Airways flight that made a water landing in New York's Hudson River last year, celebrate with a toast aboard a ferry on ...

After landing, air traffic control instructed the pilot of the Airbus A320 to taxi on taxiway T. ... "While taxiing, the Spirit Airbus A320 made contact with a parked US Airways A320 aircraft.

January 15, 2009: a US Airways Airbus A320 carrying more than 150 people collides with a flock of birds before making a spectacular landing on the Hudson River in New York, thanks to the pilot's ...