CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Within three minutes of takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of geese causing ...
NEW YORK _ On their big day, they remembered little things. Reunited in New York to mark the first anniversary of bellying into the Hudson River, passengers of Flight 1549 told tales Friday of small ...
Jet engines are designed to withstand bird impacts, but when large birds or entire flocks are ingested, blades can be damaged and thrust may be lost. In the worst cases, engines fail completely, ...