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The crew of the Hudson river miracle back in flight

New York, USA - On January 15 they saved the lives of 155 people with a spectacular sea-landing on the river

Pilot-hero Chesley Sullenberger and his co-pilot Jeff Skiles, protagonists of the spectacular sea landing on the Hudson river, New York, with which on January 15 they saved the lives of 155 people on board of the US Airways Airbus A-320 which had lost its engines due to a bird strike (see AVIONEWS), are back to service on the same route: New York "La Guardia"-Charlotte. 58-year old "Sully", as he...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1109747
Rome, Italy, 10/02/2009 16:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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