NTSB: Airliner's engines lost power at same time

[deminks]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK – A jetliner that crash landed in the Hudson River lost power simultaneously in both engines after reaching an altitude of only 3,200 feet, the plane's black box recorders revealed Sunday.

The details that emerged confirmed the harrowing circumstances under which the pilot of the US Airways flight carrying 155 people maneuvered the plane over New York City and safely into the water after striking a flock of birds Thursday.

"The captain makes radio call to ATC (air traffic control) calling mayday and reports that they hit birds, lost both engines and were returning to LaGuardia" Airport, said Kitty Higgins, National Transportation Safety Board member, releasing cockpit transmissions captured on flight data and voice recorders.

Meanwhile, the search for the plane's missing left engine was suspended until Tuesday because ice floes in the river made it too dangerous to put divers or special sonar equipment in the water, Higgins said.

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[Maat]

1. Boy, that pilot and his team were courageous!

They all deserve to go to the Big Event.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Amazing. I am also amazed at the comment about ice floes in the Hudson River!!