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

NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports · Accident report · AAR-11/01 · Published 2010-05-04 · National Transportation Safety Board · 1 author

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Abstract

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 ↗