Hear audio of air-traffic controllers and the pilot of US Airways flight 1549, which crash landed in New York's Hudson River in January. The pilot 'Sully' Sullenberger guided the plane into the ...

Capt. Sully Sullenberger became a hero when he landed a jet airliner in the Hudson River after a bird strike. Why don't they use mesh to protect jet engines?

A US Airways plane with 155 people on board ditched into a chilly Hudson River on Thursday, apparently after striking at least one bird upon takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport, according to ...

Though rare, severe bird strikes have contributed to significant aviation accidents throughout the years, such as US Airways ...

Bebeto Matthews/AP It’s been 15 years since the "Miracle on the Hudson," when US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency water landing in the Hudson River. But Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ...

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- For three minutes, the most frightened people in the world may have been the crew and passengers aboard US Airways Flight 1549 as the plane headed for a splashdown in the Hudson ...

Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and the crew of US Airways Flight 1549 were awarded the 2010 Current Achievement Trophy. Andrew Theodorakis, NY Daily News / Getty Images In recognition of his ...

The event that became known as the Miracle on the Hudson, occurred on the afternoon of January 15, 2009, when a flock of Canada geese collided with US Airways flight 1549, knocking out both of the ...