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FAA releases air-traffic tapes (mp3s) of plane that landed in Hudson; Game lets you try to land it

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February 5, 2009 12:13 pm
By Sheila Lennon

The Federal Aviation Administration today released mp3s of the air-traffic communications with and about USAirways Flight 1549, whose engines were disabled by a flock of birds, necessitating an emergency landing on the Hudson River in Manhattan on January 15.

Here's the transcript, at Scribd. The USAir jet is identified as AWE1549.

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Twenty-seven seconds later, AWE1549 says, "we're gonna be in the Hudson," its last communication.

Dangerous game: Simplistic, silly but topical online game lets you try to land Flight 1549 on the surface of the river. Keep your nose up. Play Hero on the Hudson.


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