US Airways Flight 1549
2009 aircraft accident in New York, USA
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Summary
US Airways Flight 1549 is an aviation accident[1]. It ranks in the top 0.85% of aviation accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,828 views/month, #12 of 1,410).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: ditching[4], flight[5]
- Item operated: Airbus A320 family fleet[6]
- Operator: US Airways[7]
- Location: Hudson River[8], New York City[9]
- Commons category: US Airways Flight 1549[10]
- Aircraft registration: N106US[11]
- Point in time: January 15, 2009[12]
- Coordinate location: 40.769498, -74.004636[13]
- Has cause: bird strike[14], jet engine ingestion[15]
- Number of deaths: 0[16]
- Depicted by: Hudson River Runway[17], Getting Out Alive[18], Sully[19]
- Number of injured: 100[20]
- Start point: LaGuardia Airport[21], New York City[22]
- Destination point: Charlotte Douglas International Airport[23], Seattle–Tacoma International Airport[24], Seattle[25], Washington[26]
- Number of survivors: 155[27]
- Vessel: Airbus A320[28]
- Via: Charlotte Douglas International Airport[29]
- Flight number: AWE1549[30], US1549[31]
Why It Matters
US Airways Flight 1549 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]