FLT 1549 - trajectoire

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Trajectoire du vol US Airways FLT 1549 entre l'aéroport New Yorkais de La Guardia et son amerrissage sur l'Hudson River.

C'est la première fois en 50 ans qu'un tel amerrissage est réussi sans "casse".

 

 

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Technorati tags: la guardia, accident, a 320, airbus, avion, transport aérien, amerrissage

 

"There were eyewitness reports the plane may have flown into a flock of birds," said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown. "Right now we don't have any indication this was anything other than an accident."

An air traffic controllers union official said the pilot reported a "double bird strike" less than a minute after takeoff and was headed for an emergency landing in New Jersey when he ditched into the Hudson River.

US Airways Flight 1549 was en route to Charlotte, N.C., and had 150 passengers and five crew members (two pilots and three flight attendants) aboard. Officials said there were only minor injuries.

Passenger Jeff Kolodjay of Norwalk, Conn., said he heard an explosion two or three minutes into the flight. He looked out of the left side of the plane and could see one of the engines on fire.

"The engine blew. There was fire everywhere and it smelled like gas," he said. "The captain said, 'Brace for impact because we're going down,'" Kolodjay said.

He added, "It was intense. It was intense. You've got to give it to the pilot. He made a hell of a landing."

“Prepare for impact"  was all that was said by the pilot before the craft landed in the river, according to passenger Alberto Panero in a phone interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer."