Investigators said this week that they found a single feather and evidence of "soft-body impact damage" on the aircraft. The find reinforces the pilot's report that the plane was brought down by a ...

Soon after US Airways flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport ... break and then be sucked into the engine, causing further damage. A screen would also produce turbulence in the air behind ...

Just after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Jan. 15, 2009, a flock of Canada geese took out both engines on US Airways Flight 1549. Capt. Sullenberger told his passengers to brace ...

"This is cactus 1549, hit birds ... It was not clear visually whether the damage was from an in-flight incident or from the landing impact. Investigators planned to tow the plane on a barge ...

It's hard to imagine what the passengers of US Airways flight 1549 experienced in January 2009 ... failing to cause any aircraft damage or delays, on occasion bird strikes cause damage (in some cases ...

Take a look back at CNN's coverage of Flight 1549's crash-landing in the Hudson River in January 2009. All 155 passengers and crew survived thanks to the actions of Capt. "Sully" Sullenberger.

Four minutes later, he safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River ... historic preservation offices to help them assess damage. In these and many other ways, the Smithsonian serves ...