Us Airways Flight 1549

Extra! Secrets to Being an AP Reporter for 49 Consecutive Years!

Dana Kennedy | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media


Dana Kennedy

I'm impressed with Richard Pyle for sticking with the same company for 49 years, for having such a sharp memory, and for being the cliched Irascible, Gruff Newsman that future cub reporters will never meet.

U.S. Airways Crash: A.I.G. Balks at Paying Claims From Survivors

nytimes.com | MARY WILLIAMS WALSH | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business


For the first couple of days after his flight ditched into the Hudson River, Paul Jorgenson was just glad to be alive. But then he started to need his...

Jeff Skiles Interview: Airlines Hiring "Very Substandard" Pilots (VIDEO)

Posted 07.10.2009 | Home


In an interview with CBS' the "Early Show," Jeff Skiles, the co-pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, the flight which crash landed in the Hudson River in ...

4 Months After "Miracle On The Hudson," Flight 1549 Passengers Get A Visit From FedEx

New York Times | Posted 06.18.2009 | Local


Luggage is slowly being returned to the passengers of US Airways Flight 1549, the plane that ditched in the Hudson River in January without loss of ...

"Fly By Wire": Miracle On The Hudson Book Rushed

New York Times | Andrew Adam Newman | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media


Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III's fatality-free ditching, after six minutes aloft, of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in January is resul...

The Difference Between First Class And Coach

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy


When a US Airways jetliner crashed into the Hudson River last month, everyone survived. More than 150 passengers and crew members got into boats befor...

Steve Martin: I Was On That US Airways Flight

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.05.2009 | Comedy


Steve Martin appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman tonight and discussed his harrowing experience on US Airways Flight 1549, the plane that c...

What's Good for the Goose

Michael Markarian | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green


Michael Markarian

Killing geese through methods such as round-ups, gassing, and asphyxiation is not only inhumane, but also ineffective at solving local conflicts.

Didn't He See it?

Barbara Gordon | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Barbara Gordon

In Bush's farewell address, there was no mention of the heroic efforts of the Hudson River plane crash, and yet speech after speech, he has extolled the exceptional resilience of the American spirit.

Madoff and "Sully" Sullenberger: Paradoxical Symbols of the Past and the Future

Andy Ostroy | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics


Andy Ostroy

The saga of Flight 1549 is one crisis-plagued year ending an era of unprecedented corruption with Bush and Madoff leading the way, while a new year begins with hope ushered in by Sully and Obama.

Hudson River Plane Crash: Video Of Other Plane Crashes, Photos, Map

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 02.15.2009 | Home


A US Airways jetliner crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after a flock of birds apparently disabled both its engines. Rescuers pulled...