NTSB Animation Flight 1549 Hudson River Landing US Airways

Courtesy NTSB

This animation depicts the flight path of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in Weehawken, New Jersey, on January 15, 2009. The animation begins after the airplanes takeoff from La Guardia Airport at 3:26:50 PM EST and ends with the water landing in the Hudson River. Flight data recorder and radar flight path information is displayed on a satellite photo illustration of the area. Near the end of the flight, the animation transitions to surveillance video from Pier 88, which captured the landing. Selected comments from the cockpit voice recorder transcript are displayed as text. The animation audio consists of portions of the recorded air traffic control communications.

The airplanes speed, altitude, and local time are displayed in the lower portion of the screen.

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[EpicGamer249]

the calmnes in his voice is amazing.

[woodycoat]

Aviate, navigate, communicate

I love how he doesn't even bother responding to their calls once he realizes he's going to have to ditch. Priority is completely on aviating at that point ...just as taught. What a pro. A more inexperienced pilot would likely mess that up.

[nascarfan154]

Didn't they depart runway 31? Or is it 34? instead of runway 04 at La Guardia.

[saddamdontsurf]

U.S. military trained pilots YESSSSSSS !!!!!

[Marcinex22]

simply unable

[2002honda954]

Can someone help me understand what HOT means and the other acronyms? Also is there another animation with the cockpit voice recorder converstations?

Thanks

[cjpatz]

Gives respect not only to Capt. Sully, the crew and ATC but also to the aircraft. Airbus A320.

[DanielsSFD]

He can land better in water than he can on land! Haha. Joke!

[DeleteThisMF]

Flying LGA to CLT Monday. I'd like Sully and his FO at the controls.

[JapanForSale]

Great animation. Finally gave me the full picture of exactly what happened when. I could only imagine what was going on through the mind of every single person onboard during the entire 3 and a half minutes. Just watching this made it feel like an eternity. But I'm sure for the pilot and crew it must have been the most frantic 3 1/2 mins of their lives.

[Apugueiro]

this guy is awesome, lucky they because it was a river, if they were landing at the sea with the altitude and depressions that waves cause it would be more complicated, greetings from spain

[loch70]

Awsome job by the pilots. Reminds me of the Gottröra crash in Sweden when both engines stopped working on the McDonnell Douglas MD-81 cause of ice. The pilots manage to glide land on a feild saving all crew and passangers.