SCREEN GRAB: Plane bobbing serenely in the Hudson River. Credit:
SCREEN GRAB: Plane bobbing serenely in the Hudson River. Credit:
REENACTMENT: 6 minutes after taking off from New York's La Guardia airport, passengers on board US Airways Flight 1549 must escape the cabin as it fills with the icy water of the Hudson River. They are among the few people to survive the ditching of a passenger plane. Photo Credit:
REENACTMENT: Captain Chesley Sullenberger (played by Chris Britton) asks FO Jeffrey Skiles (played by Patrick Stevenson) to extend the planes flaps in preparation for a ditching in New York's Hudson River. With neither engine running, the crew has little choice but to attempt this difficult maneuver. Photo Credit:
SCREEN GRAB: Flight seconds before landing in the Hudson River. Credit:
REENACTMENT: Captain Chesley Sullenberger (played by Chris Britton) is in command of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 15th, 2009. Shortly after taking off from New York's La Guardia airport his Airbus is crippled after being hit by birds. He must decide whether to return to the airport, or try the impossible; land in the Hudson River. Photo Credit:
SCREEN GRAB: Plane in flight lined up over the Hudson River. Credit:
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