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US Airways was a major airline originally founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a mail delivery airline in 1939 called All American Aviation, which soon became a commercial passenger airline. In 195
A US Airways Boeing 767-201ER
Allegheny Airlines BAC 1-11
Douglas DC 9 used from 1989 to 1997
A Boeing 737-300 at Washington National Airport in 1986.
US Airways Flight 1549
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US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways domestic flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, that ditched onto the Hudson River shortly after takeoff on
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…In late 2008, US Airways closed its Las Vegas hub, which was part of the America West network. On January 15, 2009, an Airbus A320 registered N106US, Flight 1549 under the command of Captain Chesley Sullenberger, flying from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, ditched…
Evacuation of the aircraft as it floats on the Hudson River
N106US, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2008
The Hudson River from above the Bronx, with Manhattan in the diagonal center and New Jersey in the distance. The George Washington Bridge is at right, Central Park Reservoir at upper left, and Teterboro Airport at the right center within the elbow of the Overpeck Creek.
First NY Waterway ferry arrives at the crash site