A US Airways Airbus A320 has crash-landed in the Hudson River west of New York City after a departure from LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009.
According to flight tracking program, FlightAware, Flight 1549, enroute from LaGuardia to Charlotte, took off at approximately 1526h and climbed as high as 3,200ft before beginning a descent.
The final radar data from the tracking program indicates the aircraft travelling at 153kt at 300ft altitude at 1531h.
The US FAA says there were 148 passengers onboard and five crew, and everyone had been evacuated. The aircraft have struck a flock of birds. According to CNN, three minutes after takeoff, the pilot radioed controllers that he had sustained a "double hit" and had to return for an emergency landing. This is the flight path.
US Airways pilot Chelsey B. Sullenberger holds up an American flag that was presented to him during a celebration in his honor in Danville, California. The pilot who safely landed his crippled jet in New York's Hudson River received a hero's homecoming here Saturday, getting the key to the city
This is some of the picture that highlight the extraordinary effort in landing and later lifting a fully submerged, intact, Airbus A320 from the Hudson River in New York City.
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