Five-year anniversary of the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’
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The pilot, crew and passengers who were on board a plane that made an extraordinary landing on the Hudson River are marking the event’s fifth anniversary.
Airline passengers wait on the wings of a US Airways Airbus A320 to board a ferry after the jetliner safely landed in the Hudson River in New York. (Steven Day / Associated Press)
The pilot, crew and passengers who were on board a plane that made an extraordinary landing on the Hudson River are marking the event’s fifth anniversary.
Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from the US Airways jetliner that went down in the Hudson River in New York. (Bebeto Matthews / Associated Press)
From the deck of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hayward, the engine of US Airlines Flight 1549, which crash-landed into the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009, can be seen as it is retrieved from the icy water. (Craig Ruttle / Associated Press)
Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III, who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009, talks to the media at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C. (Todd Sumlin / Associated Press)
A worker looks into the damaged right engine of the US Airways jetliner that made an emergency landing on Jan. 15, 2009, in the Hudson River as the plane sits on a barge after being lifted out of the water. (Kathy Willens / Associated Press)
Journalist Katie Couric conducts an interview in February 2009 with the entire crew of US Airways Flight 1549 after their extraordinary water landing on the Hudson River. (Aaron Tomlinson / Associated Press)