FDNY AUDIO-US Airways Flight 1549 Hudson (North) River on January 15, 2009

US Airways Flight 1549 was a commercial passenger flight that ditched in the Hudson (North) River on January 15, 2009 with all 155 on board surviving.

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About two minutes after its 3:25 pm takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, the Airbus 320 struck a flock of large birds while on climb out resulting in the immediate loss of all thrust from both engines. When the pilots concluded that the airliner would be unable to reach any airfield in unpowered flight, they turned it southbound just upriver from the George Washington Bridge and glided approximately eight miles to a successful intact ditching in the river at 3:31 pm near the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum (North River Pier 86) in midtown Manhattan. All 150 passengers and 5 aircrew safely evacuated the cabin and were rescued from the partially submerged plane by the crews of nearby commercial and rescue watercraft.

The entire crew of Flight 1549 was later awarded the Master's Medal of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators. According to the citation for that award, "This emergency ditching and evacuation, with the loss of no lives, is a heroic and unique aviation achievement.

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US Airways Flight 1549 (also designated under a Star Alliance codeshare agreement as United Airlines Flight 1919) was a domestic route from New York City (LGA) to Charlotte/Douglas, North Carolina, with direct onward service to Seattle-Tacoma in Washington.

On January 15, 2009, the flight was cleared for take off from Runway 4 at LaGuardia at 3:24:56 pm (20:24:56 UTC) and made its first report after becoming airborne at 3:25:51 as being at 700 feet and climbing. There were 150 passengers and five crew members on board.[2] Its aircrew consisted of the captain, first officer, and three flight attendants.The captain was Chesley Sullenberger, 57, a former fighter pilot who has been a airline pilot since leaving the Air Force in 1980. He is also a safety expert and a glider pilot. The first officer was Jeffrey B. Skiles, 49.[17][20][21] The flight attendants were Donna Dent,Doreen Welsh, and Sheila Dail.

As is often the case when a regularly scheduled commercial flight is involved in an accident, use of the flight number was promptly discontinued. On January 16, 2009, the route was redesignated as US Airways Flight 1543, and it is scheduled to change again to Flight 1867 on February 12, 2009

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Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III (born January 23, 1951) is an American commercial airline pilot, safety expert and accident investigator from Danville, California, who successfully carried out the emergency water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, offshore from Manhattan, New York City, on January 15, 2009, thus preventing any loss of life or significant property damage. There were 155 people on the plane. He is an international speaker on airline safety and has helped develop new protocols for airline safety. The landing of flight 1549 was the first landing of an airliner on water without a fatality in over 50 years.

Sullenberger was born to a dentist father a descendant of Swiss immigrants named Sollenberger and an elementary school teacher mother. He has one sister, Mary Wilson.the street on which he grew up in Denison, Texas, was named after his mother's family, the Hannas.[8] According to his sister, Sullenberger built model planes and aircraft carriers during his childhood, and might have become interested in flying after hearing stories about his father's service in the United States Navy.He went to school in Denison, and was consistently in the 99th percentile in every academic category. At the age of 12, his IQ was deemed high enough to join Mensa International.He also gained a pilot's license at 14. In high school he was the president of the Latin club,a first chair flute, and an honor student.His high school friends have said that Sullenberger developed a passion for flying from watching jets based out of Perrin Air Force Base.[8] He graduated from Denison High School in 1969 near the top of his class of about 350

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[lizardofozz88]

I LISTENED TO THIS LIVE. Absolutely amazing. Brave men and women of FDNY!

[Foxmx120]

Awesome.. I was stuck in my truck listenin to my scanner during this and had no way to record it! Never thought I would hear the FDNY tapes again, Thanks!

[78starbuck]

New Yorkers can really handle themselves with the most admirable calm,professionalism, and skill. ALL OF YOU FDNY,NYPD,Port Authority, and any I did not list; after listening to this, and after 9/11,you have my deepest respect and I salute all of your people. There are not enough words to describe your great skill, and dedication. And I am not leaving out the ATCs or Aircrews involved. I salute you.

[1234igli]

you save my life pilot

[Fania54]

@alpha18412 Yes.

[FlyGirl321CF]

Speaking with news anchor Katie Couric, Sullenberger said, "One way of looking at this might be that for 42 years, I've been making small, regular deposits in this bank of experience: education and training. And on January 15 the balance was sufficient so that I could make a very large withdrawal."

When I first read this I couldn't fight back the tears. . . . . . .

[SIGNAL10132]

@alpha18412 Yes. All emergency services end their transmissions in K

[alpha18412]

@MustangFan424 sent you reply but posted to wrong person. OOps.

[alpha18412]

@MNRick041 Sorry message mean't for the guy whose comment is above yours.

[alpha18412]

@MNRick041  Thanks for the info. Know any background on that. i seem to recall when I was in the Army in the 80's that when radio conversations were written down or printed the shorthand for over was D or De but it was never spoken.

[MustangFan424]

@alpha18412 Thats correct

[alpha18412]

I hear the word "Kay" a lot in emergency services radio communications.  Is this the same as "Over" to state end of transmission?