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
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
Jeffrey Skiles
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Jeffrey Bruce Skiles is a retired airline pilot who most recently flew for American Airlines. On January 15, 2009, he became known globally as the first officer of US Airways Flight 1549, when he work
US Airways Flight 1549
…in a dual engine failure. Given their position in relation to the available airports and their low altitude, pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles decided to glide the aircraft into a water landing on the Hudson River near Midtown Manhattan, doing so without significant damage to the aircraft. All…
Skiles in 2011
US Airways Flight 1549 afloat in the Hudson River
Skiles (back right) and Sully Sullenberger (back left) attending the first inauguration of Barack Obama on 20 January 2009, with U.S. senator Jim Bunning seen in front
Skiles speaking at the 2011 Wisconsin protests