US Airways Plane Brought Down By Rare "Barrage Of Bird Strikes," Say Aviation Safety Experts

US Airways Plane Brought Down By Rare "Barrage Of Bird Strikes," Say Aviation Safety Experts

The US Airways plane that ditched minutes after taking off from New York last week is believed to have encountered an intense barrage of bird strikes exceeding any such events covered by federal standards for engine durability, according to aviation safety experts.

Salvage crews hoisted the jetliner from the Hudson River and onto a barge late Saturday as federal crash investigators worked to confirm whether it suffered bird strikes in both of its engines, as preliminary reports have indicated. Crews later retrieved the plane's black boxes, which were filled with fresh water, packed into blue coolers and were to be sped immediately to Washington.

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