'Miracle On the Hudson': Pilot Saves Lives of All Aboard Crippled Craft
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › January 16, 2009
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NEW YORK -- A cool-headed pilot maneuvered his crippled jetliner over New York City and ditched it in the frigid Hudson River on Thursday, and all 155 on board were pulled to safety as the plane slowly sank. It was, the governor said, "a miracle on the Hudson."
One victim suffered two broken legs, a paramedic said, but there were no other reports of serious injuries.See the full content of this document
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'Miracle On the Hudson': Pilot Saves Lives of All Aboard Crippled Craft
Eric Doten, a Florida aviation safety consultant, said he could not recall another example of a modern jetliner water crash in which everyone survived.
US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 bound for Charlotte, N.C., struck a flock of birds just after...See the full content of this document
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