All passengers and crew are safe after US Airways flight 1549 crashed in the Hudson River’s ice-cold water, yesterday.
“We’ve had a ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ and now we have a miracle on the Hudson,” New York Gov. David Paterson said after the crash.
The 57-year-old pilot, Chesley B. Sullenburger III, who did an amazing job of landing the Airbus 320 in the Hudson River off the shores of Manhattan without any fatalities, is now being hailed as a hero. Sullenburger is a former fighter pilot who has flown for US Airways since 1980, according to the Associated Press.
Government officials do not believe the crash is related to terrorism. Instead, it is believed that the crash was caused by a bird strike. According to an air traffic controllers union official, a pilot on the plane reported a “double bird strike” less than a minute after takeoff and immediately asked for an emergency landing.
US Airways Flight 1549 was en route to Charlotte, North Carolina from LaGuardia with 150 passengers and five crew (two pilots and three flight attendants) on board.
I totally agree! That is a miracle!