Passengers Survived the Miracle on the Hudson: Things You Might Not Know

Ten years ago, the world of aviation was flabbergasted by an event that was later named the "Miracle on the Hudson." That day, two airline pilots had to use the only runway they could safely reach for an emergency landing - the narrow expanse of the Hudson River in New York City.
Besides the two pilots, there were 150 passengers and three cabin crew members on board the plane. It's shocking how fast something so life-altering and scary can happen. One moment the pilots fill their jet with fuel, and the plane takes off, and two minutes later, it loses all the engine power and is about to drop out of the sky. How could such a critical situation not take any human lives? Let's figure it out.
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TIMESTAMPS:
The plane strikes a flock of Canada geese 0:29
Both engines fail 2:55
... and the plane isn't able to make it back to the airport 4:26
"This is the Captain. Brace for impact." 5:24
Plane in the middle of the river 6:00
Evacuation 6:36
Could the plane return to the airport safely? 8:48
#planes #aircrafts #aviation
US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River New York, USA on 15 January 2009: By Greg L - originally posted to Flickr flic.kr/p/5SMhm5 as Plane crash into Hudson River, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Animation is created by Bright Side.
Music by Epidemic Sound www.epidemicsound.com/
SUMMARY:
- On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549 was a routine flight from La Guardia Airport in New York to Charlotte Douglas Airportin North Carolina.
- All the equipment worked without a flaw, and the weather was great, with 10-mile (16 km) visibility that provided the cockpit crew with a breathtaking view of the Hudson.
- At 3:27 PM, with the plane moving at 316 ft (96 m) per second, captain Sullenberger noticed a flock of Canada geese just a moment before the plane struck the birds.
- Sully didn't lose his presence of mind, even after he realized that both engines had shut down. He understood there was no chance that the aircraft would end up somewhere on a runway, undamaged.
- He tried to find a way to get the plane to the runway, but at 3:29 PM, Sullenberger repeated his words, only this time, he sounded even more sure: the plane WAS going to end up in the river.
- The impact was hard, but the plane was afloat and miraculously intact. Almost in unison, the pilots exclaimed, "It wasn't as bad as I had thought!"
- But the situation was far from safe. One panicked passenger opened one of the rear doors, and the flight attendant couldn’t manage to seal it again. Water started to fill the plane through this door as well as through a hole in the fuselage.
- The Hudson water temperature was just 41 degrees F (5 degrees C), and some people had to stand knee-deep in the water to be rescued since some of the inflatable slides were partially submerged.
- All the passengers and crew members were alive; there were only 5 serious injuries, and 78 people received some sort of treatment, mostly for hypothermia and minor injuries.
- When the authorities investigated afterward, they tested whether it would have been possible for the plane to return to La Guardia airport safely. The answer was no.
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I was a survivor of the Miracle Of The Hudson.Captain Sullyberger was a heroic pilot. He saved my life that day, I was only 8 years old back then

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I saw the notification and immediately thought of the movie Sully. ^^

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The movie was based off of this.

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Sully is a hero. Thank you for your service Mr. Sully

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TIMESTAMPS: The plane strikes a flock of Canada geese 0:29 Both engines fail 2:55 ... and the plane isn't able to make it back to the airport 4:26 "This is the Captain. Brace for impact." 5:24 Plane in the middle of the river 6:00 Evacuation 6:36 Could the plane return to the airport safely? 8:48

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Ngl I find turbulence quite fun

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Almost all of the movie narrated and summarized in less than 11 minutes. And Ive seen the movie.. well done bright side. It was and still is a very admirable feat. Kudos to captain Sully, the crew and the rescue team!

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An Amazing Story that ended well, thank Goodness!

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My mom saw this in person

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Is she alive?Is she alright?Was she on the flight?I HAVE SO MANY QUESTION!

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Everyone survied

[@emily9415]

This is such an amazing story. I already knew about this but it’s great that you shared this story with those that didn’t know. Also, the geese ran into the engines.

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Spectical Gacha and melted

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I’m happy everyone made it out

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Going back to LaGuardia ❌ Landing in the Hudson River ✅

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They had no choice because the plane was going down immediately

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I hope they invent all planes to have water landing gear

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6:28 wear headphones and listen... its weird

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purplevoltage 99 in one it went then the other 😂😂

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I was born on this day no joke I was born 3 hours and 30 minutes before this happened

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Not sure if to say congratulations or rip 😅

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When people say that the birds save other peoples lives *[Happy Bird noise]*

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The plane crash only happened in 7 minutes ..... So much in so less time !

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Fantastic well done to all and there pilots and all rescue teams

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*Tom Hanks should watch this one.*

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me, watching that as an aviator raged over 1937 times

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Suly is hero

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Outstanding effort from all involved Cheers people

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His first name is actually Chesley. Not Chelsey.

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The guy who panicked and basically made it harder for others to escape by opening the door, is sooooooo smart.

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Just looking at the notification I knew this was about sully

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They made a movie about this

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Mayukh Chakraborty Hudson river*

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there is also a movie about it -sully

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???

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I know I'm this event a movie has been released called sully

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Great narration using animation

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This Sully the movie

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Great video guys. The movie with Tom Hanks is so good and accurate. They had Sully on the set to help them.

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Just saw the movie Sully yesterday on Netflix and the added info here is very much welcome ... Tom Hanks is really a very good actor. After Sully, I was led to another movie, Flight, with Denzel Washington ... you might want to watch another movie about a pilot!?

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its not accurate

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I'm going see the movie my brother downloaded the movie.

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ONLY GOD ALMIGHTY COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN

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Those pilots are hero's

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Had all the planes engines failed, this would be a DARK SIDE video.

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I’ve heard this story in a comprehension text in Sec 1 Number of people who had heard of this story before 👇

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I love all planes crashing stories but ending very well

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I remember watching this in the movies

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Yes i have a story ..... and i was a pilot of the plane ..... the remote controlled toy plane that landed in a river😂.

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WHAT?

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Who the heck doesn’t know about this, and this was so inaccurate

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Cool and scary

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Nice

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I like it so so so much

[@Shortcircuit220]

Amazing landing, Great video, but as many airplane videos as you do you should make sure your animator knows what side the sits on. The outside looking in view shown has the cap on the left but it should be the right (inside looking out the cap is on the left) I love all your animations buuuhttttt that's just a thing that bugs me lol

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YUSH YUSH MARIA now that, that is a mirical