"Brace For Impact!" | Hudson River Runway | FULL EPISODE | Mayday: Air Disaster

To mark the 13th anniversary of the miracle on the Hudson, here is the official Mayday Hudson River Runway episode in full! ✈️ January 15th, 2009 - Less than two minutes into the flight the aircraft collides with a flock of birds. It only takes a few seconds for both engines to roll back to idle. The plane is powerless and dropping from the sky. Sullenberger’s reaction is immediate, he takes control of the plane by informing his First Officer “my aircraft”. In the cockpit, Sullenberger and Skiles prepare to put their aircraft down on the icy Hudson River. With frigid water leaking into the fuselage, everyone on board quickly evacuates the aircraft and wait on the wings for rescuers to arrive. Amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew survive. The pilots become instant heroes. Are you able to figure out what the cause was for this air disaster? From Season 10 Episode 5 "Hudson River Runway": For the first time, United Airlines Captain Chesley Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles are paired together for a short flight from New York’s La Guardia Airport to Charlotte North Carolina. Not long after takeoff, the aircraft collides with a flock of birds causing issues with the engines. They end up having to prepare the put the aircraft down on the icy Hudson River. Welcome to the OFFICIAL Mayday: Air Disaster YouTube Channel. Mayday: Air Disaster is a dramatic non-fiction series that investigates high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday: Air Disaster follows survivors, family members of crash victims and transportation safety investigators as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. So climb into the cockpit for an experience you won’t soon forget. Subscribe to the OFFICIAL Mayday: Air Disaster channel here: https://bit.ly/2PQnaMI #MaydayAirDisaster #MaydayInvestigation #AirEmergency #MaydayEpisodes #planecrashes #airplanecrashes #aviationaccidents #Fullepisode #airplanedisasterdocumentary #aircrashinvestigation #HudsonRiverRunway #UnitedAirlines