3:24:54:
The plane is cleared for takeoff from LaGuardia Airport
3:25:51:
Pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger tells the departure controller
he is at 700 feet and climbing to 5,000 feet.He is instructed
to climb to 15,000 feet.
3:27:01:
Radar data show the plane intersect "primary targets"
probably a flock of birds, while climbing between
2,900 and 3,000 feet.
3:27:32:
After receiving an instruction from air traffic controll,
the pilot reports: "Aaah, this is Cactus 1549. We hit
birds. We lost thrust, in both engines.We're turning
back towards LaGuardia."
3:27:49:
Controllers advise LaGuardia tower to stop departures
because of an emergency plane returning to the airport.
Tower officials are told there was a bird strike
3:28:05:
When asked if the pilot wanted to land at LaGuardia:
We're unable. "We may end up in the Hudson."
Communication followed over whether the plane
could land at near-by Teterboro Airport in
New Jersey, but the pilot said "We can't do it." Another
controller asked wich runway he could aim for.
"We're gonna be in " the Hudson." was the pilot
last message.
3:30:30:
The plane touches down in the water. Radar and
tower personnel notify the Coast Guard, wich responds,
" We launched the fleet."
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