The incident was dramatized in the 2016 film Sully, starring Tom Hanks as Sullenberger. The pilots and flight attendants were awarded the Master's Medal of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators in recognition of their "heroic and unique aviation achievement". The Board rejected the notion that the ditching could have been avoided by returning to LaGuardia or diverting to nearby Teterboro Airport. The media quickly dubbed this water landing of a powerless jetliner with no deaths "the Miracle on the Hudson" and a National Transportation Safety Board official described it as "the most successful ditching in aviation history". All 155 people on board were rescued by nearby boats, with only a few serious injuries. Unable to reach any airport for an emergency landing due to their low altitude, pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles glided the plane to a ditching in the Hudson River off Midtown Manhattan. On January 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 serving the flight struck a flock of birds shortly after take-off from New York, losing all engine power. US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City ( LaGuardia Airport), to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States. Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, United States LaGuardia Airport, New York City, United StatesĬharlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Evacuation of US Airways Flight 1549 as it floats on the Hudson Riverĭitched following bird strike and dual engine failure
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