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Loss of Thrust in Both Engines After Encountering a Flock of Birds — US Airways 1549

Published 2010-05-04 From National Transportation Safety Board 1 author

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Abstract

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US Airways 1549 (A320) Hudson River ditching, January 15, 2009. NTSB investigation of the successful ditching of US Airways 1549 in the Hudson River after a Canada Goose strike disabled both CFM56 engines. Recommendations drove changes to bird-strike airport mitigation programs, ditching evacuation procedures, and CFM56 engine bird-ingestion certification testing.

Author

  • National Transportation Safety Board NTSB

Keywords

  • bird strike
  • dual engine failure
  • ditching
  • CRM
  • crew coordination

Citation: National Transportation Safety Board (2010). Loss of Thrust in Both Engines After Encountering a Flock of Birds — US Airways 1549. National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports ID AAR-11/01. https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/AAR1003.aspx ↗