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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 18 > Pilot says he chose river over catastrophic crash

Pilot says he chose river over catastrophic crash

By Larry Neumeister and David B. Caruso / The Bulletin
January 18, 2009

NEW YORK — The pilot of a crippled US Airways jetliner made a split-second decision to put down in the Hudson River because trying to return to the airport after birds knocked out both engines could have led to a “catastrophic” crash in a populated neighborhood, he....

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