Federal safety officials said Wednesday they’ve confirmed there were birds in both engines of the US Airways airliner that ditched into New York’s Hudson River last month.
The National Transportation Safety Board said remains from both engines have also been sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington to have the particular bird species identified.
Flight 1549’s pilot, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, reported moments after taking off from LaGuardia Airport on Jan. 15 that the airliner had collided with birds and both engines had failed. All 155 people aboard survived the dramatic water landing, which was captured on security videos and viewed around the world.
The safety board also said that an engine surge experienced by the Airbus A320 two days before the accident was due to faulty temperature sensor. The sensor was replaced, and the engine was examined and found to be undamaged before being returned to service.
Engine maintenance records also show the engines had been serviced in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration’s most recent safety directive, the board said.
(Source: 1010WINS)
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It is widely beleived by the
Animal activist groups that the engines failed before the birds got there. The poor birds were just there trying to hold the plane up. Wonder what they would say to this piece of news ……