Birds Bring Down Airplane

Black Box Down

Society & Culture, Aviation, True Crime, Leisure, Documentary

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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A flock of birds cause an airplane to crash moments after takeoff. US Airways Flight 1549 has its engines shut down after flying into a flock of Canadian Geese flying over New York City. What happens when an airplane encounters birds? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BlackBoxDownPod. https://twitter.com/blackboxdownpod https://www.instagram.com/blackboxdownpod/ Sponsored by The Jordan Harbinger Show (jordanharbinger.com/subscribe) and HelloFresh (http://hellofresh.com/blackboxdown80 and use code blackboxdown80 to get $80 off including free shipping!) BUY OUR SHIRT - U.S. STORE: https://store.roosterteeth.com/products/black-box-down-t-shirt U.K. STORE: https://store.roosterteeth.co.uk/products/black-box-down-t-shirt Crash Simulator: https://roosterteeth.com/watch/black-box-down-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Ruestur-Tsis production.
0:07.0	January 15, 2009.
0:10.0	US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 with 155 people on board, is taken off from New
0:16.6	York's LaGuardia Airport bound for Charlotte, North Carolina.
0:20.0	Less than two minutes after takeoff at approximately 2,818 feet in the air, the plane flies through
0:25.8	a flock of Canadian geese, which are ingested into both plane engines, causing them to lose
0:30.6	power.
0:31.6	Without any engine thrust at less than 3,000 feet above New York City, the crew has little
0:35.7	time to weigh their options.
0:37.3	They ultimately decide to ditch the plane into the Hudson River and miraculously all of
0:41.4	those on board survive.
0:42.8	Exactly what happened that led to this event?
0:45.1	What was going on in the cockpit?
0:46.5	How often do planes hit birds?
0:48.6	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
0:53.6	Hey everyone, welcome to Black Box Down, it's Gus and Chris.
0:56.6	Hello Chris.
0:57.6	Hi, I've been, I wanted to ask about birds.
1:01.0	Birds, it's time we do it.
1:03.4	It's been on my head.
1:04.6	I was like, man, I know their birds are always around in the air.
1:08.4	And then like, yeah, so this, I'm, I'm going over doing this because this has been actually
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