Some of the crew and passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 toast on the Hudson River where their plane made an emergency landing five years ago.
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NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 15: Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (C), a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River,hugs a passenger from the flight on…
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1/15/14 Today marks the 5th anniversary of the “Miracle on the Hudson.” Some crew members and passengers from US Airways Flight 1549 gathered at the NY Waterways terminal to commemorate…
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New York, United States. 15th January 2014 — Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III, First Officer Jeff Skiles and some passengers who were on US Airways Flight 1549 join the ferry…
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The pilot, crew and passengers of Flight 1549 take a ferry ride and “Toast to Life” to mark Wednesday’s fifth anniversary of the Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, rescue of 155 people after the flight crash landed in the Hudson River. — Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III, First Officer Jeff Skiles and some passengers who were on US Airways Flight 1549 join some of the ferry crews who rescued them from the cold waters on Jan. 15, 2009, when their commercial jet crashed.
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Passengers wait to be rescued after US Airways Flight 1549 glided onto the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009.
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Passengers stand on the wings of a U.S. Airways plane as a ferry pulls up to it after it landed in the Hudson River in New York, in this file…
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Passengers wait to be rescued after a U.S. Airways plane landed in the Hudson River in New York, January 15, 2009. The US Airways Airbus A320 jet with about 150…
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Passengers wait to be rescued after a U.S. Airways plane crashed into the Hudson River in New York January 15, 2009. A US Airways jet with 155 people on board…
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A diver jumps into the water next to a U.S. Airways plane that crashed into the Hudson River in New York, January 15, 2009. A US Airways jet with 155…
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Passengers are rescued after a U.S. Airways plane landed in the Hudson River in New York, January 15, 2009. The US Airways Airbus A320 jet with about 150 people on…
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Passengers are rescued after a U.S. Airways plane crashed into the Hudson River in New York January 15, 2009. A US Airways jet with more than 150 people on board…
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Passengers are rescued after a U.S. Airways plane landed in the Hudson River in New York January 15, 2009. A US Airways jet with more than 150 people on board…
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epa01600718 A crash victim from the US Airways Airbus A320 flight number 1549 which crashed into the Hudson River in New York City shortly after take-off from New York’s LaGuardia…
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Rescue vessels surround a U.S. Airways plane after it crashed into the Hudson River in New York January 15, 2009. A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched…
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01-16-09 Images from the US Airways flight 1549, that was forced to land in the Hudson River, on the west side of Manhattan yesterday afternoon. The plane is currently moored…
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<> on January 16, 2009 in New York, New York.
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<> on the streets of Manhattan on January 17, 2009 in New York City.
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01-18-09 Images from the US Airways flight 1549, that was forced to land in the Hudson River, on the west side of Manhattan on thu.-1-15-09- in the afternoon. The plane…
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Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger was the pilot who brought the crippled US Airways jet to a textbook emergency landing on New York City’s Hudson River. He retired in 2010.
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