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Events on Thursday 15 January 2009 1
2009US Airways Flight 1549 lands on Hudson RiverCaptain Sullenberger ditches airliner after bird strikeAn Airbus A320 struck a flock of geese shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport and lost both engines. Captain Chesley Sullenberger glided the plane to a landing on the Hudson River, and all 155 people aboard survived. The incident became known as the Miracle on the Hudson.