A year on, he still finds it hard to put into words the impact of the crash. “I know it was exactly that long because of the telephone calls I was getting and the messages that kept popping up.” The river swallowed the aircraft about seven minutes later. It was at one of the ­"celebrate life" nights in Charlotte. Within days of the emergency landing, the aircraft was removed from the river, and in 2011 it was put on display at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte. Para saber mais sobre nossa política de cookies, acesse link. It would be virtually impossible to replicate those conditions. Life's small irritants and disappointments now seem trivial; he refuses to let them perturb him as they used to. Among the most authoritative was a 1964 account in Flight International of a Tupolev-124 from Estonia that landed the previous year on the river Neva near (then) Leningrad, with all 52 people on board surviving. Sullenberger makes his only announcement to the passengers. Ao continuar com a navegação em nosso site, você aceita o uso de cookies. My fingers were shaking so badly that I couldn’t punch the code to unlock the phone” before the airplane hit the water. Days after the accident, US Airways sent every passenger … We were gliding down, and we didn’t have much altitude at that point. Later she logged on to the 1549er ­Yahoo group, and found many other survivors were equally distraught. Heads down! On January 15 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York for Charlotte, North Carolina. Money is not important. Bostic says that their relationship is unlike any that he's known. Five people were seriously injured, but there were no fatalities. John Howell, an accountant, was sitting in seat 2D at the front of the plane on his way home from a business meeting in New York. There are hack marks on the fuselage left behind by rescue workers, jagged teeth of metal made by saws that separated the aircraft’s silver wings from its white-and-blue fuselage, shoe marks on the wing skins, and other bruises that would make many airplane owners cringe. "I know it sounds trite," she says. "The best way I can ­describe it is, I've become a better me. Flight 1549, the “Miracle on the Hudson,” was carrying 150 passengers and 5 crew members on January 15, 2009, when it left LaGuardia Airport, bound for Charlotte. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Rescue workers of US Airways Flight 1549 attend the ringing of the NASDAQ opening bell in Times Square on Jan. 20, 2009, in New York City. A 10-year anniversary celebration of the US Airways Flight 1549 event that became known as the Miracle on the Hudson reunited more than 80 passengers with crew members during luncheon in Charlotte, North Carolina, the original destination for the flight. Esses Cookies nos permitem coletar alguns dados pessoais sobre você, como sua ID exclusiva atribuída ao seu dispositivo, endereço de IP, tipo de dispositivo e navegador, conteúdos visualizados ou outras ações realizadas usando nossos serviços, país e idioma selecionados, entre outros. The damaged airliner is the centerpiece of the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, near Charlotte Douglas International Airport. "But as we sat on a ferry in the river my anxieties disappeared. Photo by David Tulis. The damaged passenger jet is the Carolinas Aviation Museum centerpiece in Charlotte, North Carolina. River boats gearing up for the evening rush hour, their proximity, and “immediate and appropriate response” of first responders helped avoid a catastrophe. We’re turning back towards LaGuardia.” Harten confirms and contacts LaGuardia to clear both runways for an emergency landing. A work colleague of Howell's, who was sitting with him on Flight 1549, has hung a photograph of the water-bound plane prominently on a wall in his ­office. She was confused, angry. The summary noted the aircraft was outfitted with overwater survivor apparatus that and the “fortuitous use” of the forward slide and rafts contributed to the safe outcome, as did outstanding performances from the flight’s cabin crewmembers. Ten years ago today, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger safely maneuvered US Airways Flight 1549 into an emergency landing over the Hudson River, saving all 155 passengers in what became known as the Miracle on the Hudson. Casey Jones of Jacksonville, Florida, was in seat 7A ahead of the wing and near the left engine when disaster struck. • Sully: Miracle on the Hudson is in cinemas from 2 December.