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‘Miracle on the Hudson’

Steve Scott

Monday, January 19th, 2009

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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are probing the Jan. 15 crash of a US Airways Airbus A-320 (N106US) into the icy Hudson River minutes after it departed LaGuardia Airport bound for Charlotte, NC. One passenger aboard US Airways Flight 1549 suffered two broken legs but no other serious injuries were reported, helping to extend the U.S. airline industry's two-year fatality-free record. It is believed that the twin-engine jetliner powered by CFM-56 turbofans, with 155 passengers and crew on board,…

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