Latitude and longitude of US Airways Flight 1549
- Nearby Westwood, New Jersey, United States
Satellite map of US Airways Flight 1549
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 piloted by Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, made an unpowered emergency water landing in the Hudson River after multiple bird strikes caused both jet engines to fail. All 155 occupants, the passengers and crew, successfully evacuated from the partially submerged airframe as it sank into the river; they were rescued by nearby watercraft. Several occupants suffered injuries, a few of them serious, but only one required hospitalization overnight.
Latitude: 40° 46' 10.19" N
Longitude: -74° 00' 16.69" W
Nearest city to this article: Weehawken
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