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At 15:26 p.m. on January 15, 2009, an Airbus A320-200 aircraft belonging to Us Airways (registration number N106US, the age of the aircraft is unknown, American Airlines does not use Boeing to use Airbus, say good patriotism, say good America first) from The United States New York LaGuardia Airport Runway 4 smoothly, The aircraft was operating flight AWE1549 from New York LaGuardia Airport, via Charlotte International (Dual-Use) Airport in North Carolina to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington. There were a total of 2 crew members, 3 crew members and 150 passengers on board.
All crew/crew members of US Airways Flight AWE1549 (two uncles and two aunts)
Overlooking LaGuardia Airport
The flight was conducted by Chesley S. Sullenberg III, 29 years old, who joined US Airways in 1980, and the co-pilot was Jeffrey Kissles, who was a senior F-4 Phantom fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force (who fought in the Vietnam War) before joining US Airways, and the flight would be flown by Kissers and Sullenberg was responsible for ground communications. After this flight, the crew of AWE1549 will receive a long-lost leave.
Jeffrey Kissles co-pilot
The weather was good to see, but it was very cold and snow was wafting. Most of the passengers on board were heading to the warmer West Coast to escape the cold new York winter, either for business or cold, and everyone was looking forward to leaving New York early, fearing that a blizzard in the weather forecast would affect the trip.
Everything went well in the first minute after flight AWE1549 took off, the crew followed the usual operation to retract the landing gear, report the V2 climb speed, set the cruising altitude and contact the New York departure control, and the on-duty controller responsible for guiding AWE1549 flight departure that day was the young Patrick Halten.
Patrick Halten, tower controller at LaGuardia Airport
Halten: "National 1549, New York exit, radar has identified, please climb to 15,000 feet (4,572 meters) to hold." ”
Sarenberg: "The National 1549 received and was in the process of climbing 700 feet to 5000 feet. ”
Due to the departure procedure for Runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport, flight AWE1549 AWE1549 AWE1549 needs to fly some distance due north-east after take-off and then turn left towards Charlotte. Along the way, the airliner will fly over New York's famous river, the Hudson River.
Sullenberg: "The Hudson River is so beautiful. ”
Kissers: "Yeah. ”
S. S. "Post-take-off checklist (procedure) complete!" ”
The Canadian black goose that caused AWE Flight 1549 to suffer a near-desperate situation
At this moment, the crew found a group of birds (a group of Canadian black geese) in front of the right side of the plane, and before they could react, the plane plunged into the flock of birds, or the flock of birds suddenly hit the plane, because the distance was too close, the crew could not make any evasive reaction.
Sallenberg: "Birds! ”
Kissers: "Oh well! ”
Aerial Havoc Footage: The moment flight AWE1549 hits a flock of birds
“POM——”
A loud bang!
The plane "was like hitting a wall and stopping in mid-air, and suddenly someone shouted 'The engine on the left is on fire'!" ”
The two CFM56 turbofan engines of flight AWE1549 made a "coughing" sound and entered a slow car "idle" state, and the aircraft's power was sharply reduced and began to lose altitude.
Aerial Havoc Footage: Flight AWE1549 with a flare from the left engine after hitting the bird
Kissers: "Assess the damage. ”
Sullenberg: "Engine Two is damaged, Engine One is also damaged. ”
Kissers: "Execute the engine restart program." ”
S. Sullenberg: "Startup failed, I came to control the plane. "It was less than 90 seconds since flight AWE1549 had taken off.
Kissers: "You come and control. ”
S. Sullenberg: "Take the quick checklist out, double fail!" MAYDAY！ MAYDAY！ MAYDAY！ Here is the National American 1549, . Hit the bird, double engine failure! We are returning to LaGuardia (airport)! ”
Halten: "Received, you are going back to LaGuardia, please turn left and head for 220." ”
Sullenberg: "Heading 220. ”
Aerial Havoc Footage: Flight AWE1549 gliding over the Hudson River
At this time, Kissers flipped through the quick check manual while reading aloud the relevant emergency handling content above and trying to operate: "If there is fuel, the engine mode selector is in the ignition position, push the (throttle) handle, and confirm the return to the slow parking space." ”
S. S. Kellenberg: "Slow down, confirm. ”
Kissers: "The best airspeed to restart the engine, 300 knots!" Now at 180 knots of airspeed, we don't have enough speed. ”
S. SARENBERG: "That's right. ”
Halten: "1549, I'll help you land on runway 13 [at LaGuardia Airport]. ”
Sullenberg: "We can't do it. ”
Halten: "All-American Runway 1549, Runway 31 can land. ”
S. Sullenberg: "Can't do it. ”
Halten: "In america, Runway 1549, Runway 4 can land, turn left for Runway 4. ”
Sahenberg: "I don't think we'll get any runway. What's to our right? Is it New Jersey Tateboro Airport? ”
Satellite view of New Jersey's Tateboro Airport
Halten: "Yes, Tetboro Airport is on your right. Do you want to go to Tateboro Airport? ”
Tetboro is a small airport, located just a few kilometers from Flight AWE1549 on the right side of the Hudson River bank, not much closer in a straight line than LaGuardia Airport, and Sarenberg quickly rejected the idea of going to Tateboro Airport.
Aerial Havoc footage, flight AWE1549 flying along the Hudson River, LaGuardia Airport on its left, and Tetboro Airport on its right
Kissers: "There's no motivation, we're falling down fast. ”
Sullenberger: "Hmm", then turned on the cabin captain's broadcast: "Ladies and gentlemen, here is the captain's broadcast", paused again for a moment, and Captain Sullenberg said a short sentence: "Collision avoidance posture!" ”
The passengers in the cabin are confused, what is the anti-collision posture? I haven't learned it! Fortunately, several flight attendants in the flight attendant group shouted from their seats: "Bow your head, bend down, don't lift up!" The passengers probably understood what the "collision avoidance posture" was (the quality of the passengers this year was not very good).
In the cockpit, the crew still did not give up trying to restart the engine, but unfortunately, it failed.
SULLENBERG: "Go ahead, try Engine One. ”
Kissers: "I'll restart again. ”
SARENBERG: "Okay, start the engine. ”
Kissers: "Totally unresponsive, fuck! ”
Sahenberg: "Start the APU. ”
Kissers: "APU confirmed boot!" ”
Halten: "In the United States 1549, Runway 1 at Tetboro Airport can land. ”
Sullenberg: "You can't do it. ”
Halten: "Okay, so how many runways do you want to land on (obviously, this guy is about to be driven crazy by Captain Sullenberg's repeated "can't do it" and "can't do it")?" ”
Sarenberg: "We're going to land on the Hudson River!" ”
Halten (with a look of disbelief): "Sorry, please say it again. ”
The director of this factory draws a two-view of the N106US Airbus A320-200 aircraft painted by US Airways
Halten: Utterly messy. He then lost contact with the crew of AWE1549 because the airliner had dropped to below 300 feet, a blind spot for radar. However, at that time, Halten thought that the plane had fallen into the sea and was very depressed. But before long, he would discover that he was wrong.
After finishing the call with the ground, Captain Sullenberg glanced at Co-Pilot Kissers: "Okay, let's get started!" Put the flaps! ”
Kissers: "Flaps down for confirmation. With an altitude of 250 feet and an airspeed of 170 knots, it was impossible for us to restart the engine. ”
Särrenberg: "Flaps stretch out to 2nd gear. ”
Kissers: "Do you want to put more?" ”
S. SULLENBERG: "No, gear 2 is fine. ”
Aerial Havoc footage: Flight AWE 1549 preparing to make a forced landing on the Hudson River
Perhaps Sullenberg himself had no idea about the landing, and in the process of descending toward the Hudson River, he asked the co-pilot: "Do you have anything else you want to say?" ”
Kissers: "No, no. ”
When Flight AWE 1549 was only 50 feet above the Hudson River, Salenberg shouted, "Get ready to hit!" ”
Aerial Havoc Footage: The moment flight AWE1549 lands on the Hudson River
Finally, just 5 minutes and 8 seconds after taking off from LaGuardia Airport, THE AIRA AWE 1549 flight N106US Airbus A320-200 landed gliding on the Hudson River, the tail of the aircraft first touching the water, and then taxiing in the belly of the aircraft, and the engine No. 1 on the left side of the aircraft fell off and sank to the bottom of the river during the taxiing on the surface. Finally, the plane stopped taxiing near Manhattan, and the fuselage remained largely intact.
Co-pilot Kissers recalled the whole process of the forced landing on the Hudson River: "The plane seems to be rushing down, rushing to the bottom of the Hudson River, and all we can see is the splash of water full of windshields, like a tornado. ”
Aerial Havoc Footage: Flight AWE1549 after a successful landing
People on the shore took camera footage of AWE1549 flight crashing down the Hudson River
After the plane stopped rushing forward and followed the hudson river, Captain Sullenberg went to the cabin to direct the crew to organize the evacuation of the aircraft, while the Co-pilot Kissles stayed in the cockpit for 45 seconds to cut off the power, turn off all the switches that had to be turned off, and followed the cabin after completing the pre-evacuation checklist procedure.
The evacuation was swift, as the icy waters of the Hudson River had poured into the cabin floor, and the crew and crew were organized by the crew and crew to evacuate the plane through the emergency exits on either side of the cabin, thinly clad, shivering on the wings and on the inflatable slides in the cold New York winter. If rescue is not timely, they will not last long, and they will be frostbitten or even freeze to death.
Passengers standing on the wings of flight AWE1549 waiting for rescue
They didn't wait long, and soon several Hudson River cruise ships approached them, and the passengers and crew of AWE1549 were rescued one after another, followed by rescue helicopters and boats from the New York Fire Department and Coast Guard. During the evacuation of passengers, Captain Salenberg returned to the cabin twice for inspection (at which point the plane was sinking) to make sure no passengers were trapped before being the last to leave the plane.
The Hudson River cruise ship transporting AW1549 crews is being rescued
Meanwhile, Patrick Halten, a tower controller at LaGuardia Airport who was "crashing" for (self-righteous) Flight 1549 and was devastated by the fact that all the staff were still devastated, suddenly received a message from a colleague: "Hey guys! It looks like everyone has escaped! ”
Halten suddenly looked up and saw the rescue footage being broadcast live on CCTV: "My God, this is incredible! ”
By the evening of the same day, the N106US Airbus A320-200 had completely sunk to the bottom of the Hudson River. Two days later, the plane was salvaged out of the water for investigation.
Captain Sullenberg and Co-Pilot Kissers, who are revered as heroes by The citizens of New York
The incident was initially determined that the reason for the loss of power of the aircraft was that the aircraft encountered a group of Canadian black geese during the climb, and the engine may have inhaled several such migratory birds, but the aircraft could not withstand the huge impact and stopped operating. Captain Sullenberg was in danger of an aircraft accident (he has participated in the National Transportation Safety Board's assistance in investigating aircraft crashes on several occasions, and has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, where he studies disaster crisis management. Therefore, Captain Salenberg's rich experience and crisis management concept are the reasons why he can safely order the passenger plane to land on the river), and the high-tech rapid landing of the aircraft on the river surface not only remains intact, but also makes all the people on board the aircraft have also been affirmed by the investigation team.
But through the simulator flight, the team concluded that the plane was hit by four birds weighing about 10 pounds each (feathers, broken flesh and broken bones of birds were found in the wreckage of both engines of the aircraft), and that poor Canadian black geese were directly "crushed" by the engine turbines. After losing power after 29 pieces of debris were found in one of the engines and 14 pieces in the other, the crew had enough time to fly the plane back to LaGuardia or Tetboro Airport, so it was questioned that the crew did not do its best to preserve the aircraft (the N106US Airbus A320-200 that had been bathed in the Hudson River for two days was completely scrapped and lost its maintenance value). Eventually, Captain Salenberg, testifying to the investigation team, suggested that the investigation team add 35 seconds of time for the crew to think about countermeasures in the simulated accident flight, because the current simulation is a redrafting of the known results, rather than a complete review based on the real scene at that time. Sure enough, after joining the 35-second period, all attempts to retake flight AWE1549 back to LaGuardia or Tetboro airport failed, and finally proved that AWE1549 forced landing on the Hudson River was the only option that could save the lives of all the aircraft.
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The forced landing of Us Airways Flight AEW1549 into the Hudson River was included in the sixth episode of the tenth season of the large-scale air crash documentary "Air Havoc", "Supreme Duty".
The incident was also adapted by Warner Bros. into the film Captain Sully (Captain Surrenberg is played by superstar Tom Hanks), which was released in the United States on September 9, 2016, and in China on December 9, 2016.
Movie poster for Captain Sully
N106US machine performance data
Aircraft type: Airbus A-320-200
Designed by: Airbus Industries
Crew: 2 crew + 180 passengers (max.)
Length: 37.57 m
Wingspan: 34.1 meters
Height: 11.76 m
Empty weight: 42,400 kg
Maximum takeoff weight: 77,000 kg
Maximum commercial load: 19190 kg
Engines: Two CFM56 turbofan engines with a single thrust of 104.5 kN
Economic cruise flight speed: 850 km / h
Maximum load range: 5700 km
Practical ceiling: 11890 meters