Listen "29: Flight 1549"
Episode Synopsis
In 2009 an AirBus A320 departing LaGuardia Airport in New York suffered a dual engine failure due to a bird strike during takeoff. In a highly improbable event an equally highly improbable landing in the Hudson River shocked and amazed the world. We look at what went right on Flight 1549.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest:
US Airways Flight 1549
The Miracle On The Hudson
NTSB Official Report (PDF)
49 CFR 830.2 Definitions
CFM International CFM56
Chesley Sullenberger
Jeff Skiles
What the ‘Sully’ Movie Gets Wrong
LaGuardia Airport Diagram
Cold Water Survival
Medium Flocking Bird Test at Climb Condition
Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer:
'r'.Episode Silver Producers:
Carsten Hansen, John Whitlow and Joseph Antonio.
US Airways Flight 1549
The Miracle On The Hudson
NTSB Official Report (PDF)
49 CFR 830.2 Definitions
CFM International CFM56
Chesley Sullenberger
Jeff Skiles
What the ‘Sully’ Movie Gets Wrong
LaGuardia Airport Diagram
Cold Water Survival
Medium Flocking Bird Test at Climb Condition
Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer:
'r'.Episode Silver Producers:
Carsten Hansen, John Whitlow and Joseph Antonio.
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