Look back: Plane down in Hudson
US Airways flight 1549, piloted by Captain Chesley Sullenberger, made an emergency landing in the Hudson River after departure from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, sending passengers fleeing for safety in frigid waters on Jan. 15, 2009.
In this photo, passengers wait to be rescued on the wings of a US Airways Airbus 320 jetliner that safely ditched in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York. Rescuers pulled all 155 people on board into boats as the plane sank.
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A ferry approaches US Airways flight 1549 as passengers wait on the wings to be rescued, Jan. 15, 2009. The plane had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport en route to Charlotte, N.C., when the crash occurred in the river near 48th Street in midtown Manhattan.
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Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from the US Airways Airbus 320 aircraft that went down in the Hudson River in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
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Passengers in an inflatable raft, center, move away from a US Airways Airbus 320 aircraft that went down in the Hudson River as a ferry boat floats nearby in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows when rescuers in Coast Guard vessels and ferry boats arrived, opened the door and pulled passengers in yellow life vests from the aircraft, whose fuselage appeared intact.
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A New York City Police boat joins private watercraft in an attempt to rescue those aboard a US Airways Airbus 320 that went down in the Hudson River off New York City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
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Authorities arrive on the scene of a US Airways Airbus 320 aircraft that went down in the Hudson River in New York. The pilot ditched his disabled jetliner into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after multiple bird strikes apparently knocked out both engines.
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An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. The plane sank in the near-freezing water on one of the coldest days of the year, with the mercury around 20 degrees.
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Map locates where a US Airways Airbus 320 plane crashed in the Hudson River off New York City on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
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Ferry boats surround a US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
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Passengers who escaped a US Airways aircraft that crashed in the Hudson River in New York along with rescue personnel, in a boat heading to one of the piers along the west side of Manhattan, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009.
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A passenger who was rescued from a US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River in New York being escorted by rescue personnel, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
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A passenger from US Airways flight 1549 is carried out on a stretcher from a Hudson River terminal Jan. 15, 2009 in New York.
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Authorities move an unidentified passenger, second from right, to a waiting ambulance after the plane she was on crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in New York.
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Floatation devices from a US Airways flight that crashed into the Hudson River wash up against a pier on the west side of Manhattan, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
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A US Airways plane is guided down the Hudson River Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in New York.
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Authorities move an unidentified passenger, second from right, to a waiting ambulance after the plane he was on crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in New York.
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A US Airways plane is guided down the Hudson River Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in New York.
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A US Airways Airbus 320 aircraft that went down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. No deaths or serious injuries were immediately reported.
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People on the New York side of the Hudson River look on as passengers are retrieved from the river after a US Airways plane went down shortly after takeoff Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
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The wreckage of US Airways flight 1549 floats in the Hudson River as investigations into the accident continue on January 16, 2009 near Battery Park City in New York.
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Michelle and Nick Prisco were driving along the Hudson River when they saw the plane fly in low over the water. They said the plane came down with no noise, “like it was gliding.”
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Dave Sanderson of Charlotte, North Carolina lies in a hospital bed of Palisades Medical Center after surviving the emergency landing of US Airways flight 1549 into the Hudson River Jan. 15, 2009 in North Bergen, New Jersey. The Airbus 320 craft crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport on its way to Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The US Airways Airbus 320 aircraft that went down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, after being towed to shore.