I… Minutes after he reported hitting birds and losing power in both engines, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 calmly told an air traffic controller the plane would ditch into the Hudson River. The plane was headed to Charlotte, N.C.The crew and passengers of a helicopter that crashed en route to an oil platform on Jan. 4 weren't as lucky. Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy media group, arrest founderAlex Azar in highest-level visit to Taiwan by U.S. official in decadesBattleground Tracker: Biden leads in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania84 arrests reported in 24 hours at massive motorcycle rallyApparent drive-by shooting wounds 9 at family gathering in parkCollin Morikawa, 23, wins first major at PGA ChampionshipBattleground Tracker: Latest polls, state of the race and more5 things to know about CBS News' 2020 Battleground TrackerBiden has edge in North Carolina, race is tight in Georgia — CBS News pollWhy some mail-in ballots are rejected and how to make sure your vote countsWhat happens if the president doesn't accept the election results?Election Day could turn into "Election Week" with rise in mail ballotsGOP confident in Ohio, but Dems think it's within reach

"The House panel will also hear from the crew of the North Carolina-bound airliner that ditched into New York's Hudson River last month and the air traffic controller who tried vainly to land the crippled plane.US Airways pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger says Lawmakers want to know what lessons can be learned regarding procedures and training for emergency landings, and how to reduce the potential for collisions between birds and aircraft.All 155 aboard US Airways Flight 1549 survived the Jan. 15 river landing after the Airbus A320 apparently sucked birds into both engines.

To have safely executed this emergency ditching and evacuation, with the loss of no lives, is a heroic and unique aviation achievement.The engines are the primary source of electrical and hydraulic power for the The Airbus A320 has a control that closes valves and other openings in the ""I asked him to repeat himself even though I heard him just fine," said Harten. He isn't at all what his voice sounded like. New York TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) air traffic controller Patrick Harten testified before the House Aviation Subcommittee today that when he heard US Airways Flight 1549 Captain Chesley Sullenberger tell him on the radio frequency, Were gonna be in the Hudson, he feared this was the planes death sentence. "I believed at that moment I was going to be the last person to talk to anyone on that plane alive," controller Patrick Harten told the House aviation subcommittee Tuesday.Harten, a 10-year veteran, said: "People don't survive landings on the Hudson River. The crew began evacuating the passengers through the four overwing window exits and into an inflatable The air and water temperatures were about 19 °F (−7 °C) and 41 °F (5 °C) respectively.Sullenberger had ditched near boats, which facilitated rescue.About 140 New York City firefighters responded to nearby docks,Each passenger later received a letter of apology, $5,000 in compensation for lost baggage (and $5,000 more if they could demonstrate larger losses) and refund of the ticket price.In an effort to prevent similar accidents, officials captured and The partially submerged plane was moored to a pier near the Two days earlier the plane had experienced a less severe On January 21, the NTSB found evidence of soft-body damage in the right engine along with organic debris including a feather.The Board ultimately ruled that Sullenberger had made the correct decision,On May 4, 2010 the NTSB issued its final report, which identified the probable cause as "the ingestion of large birds into each engine, which resulted in an almost total loss of thrust in both engines. US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320 which, in the climbout after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009, struck a flock of Canada geese less than five miles northwest of the airport and consequently lost all engine power.

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