Bird vs. Plane: Miracle on the Hudson

Movie · Documentary

US Airways Flight 1549 is about two minutes into its journey from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2009 when bird strikes to both engines cripple the plane. What results is an emergency landing on the Hudson River that astonishes the world and shines a light on a growing problem affecting our increasingly busy skies. Follow a team of forensic ornithologists and discover the remarkable research being conducted to solve the bird strike problem.

2019 · 51m

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Bird vs. Plane: Miracle on the Hudson

Documentary

US Airways Flight 1549 is about two minutes into its journey from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2009 when bird strikes to both engines cripple the plane. What results is an emergency landing on the Hudson River that astonishes the world and shines a light on a growing problem affecting our increasingly busy skies. Follow a team of forensic ornithologists and discover the remarkable research being conducted to solve the bird strike problem.

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Studio
Smithsonian Channel
Released
2019
Run Time
51 min
Rated
TV-PG

Languages

Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Arabic , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Dutch , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Mexico)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.