Air Disasters

Hudson River Runaway

Documentary Oct 23, 2022 43 min Paramount+

Available on Paramount+, Philo, Prime Video, Hulu, Smithsonian Channel

S18 E5: January 15, 2009. US Airways Flight 1549 has just left New York City for Charlotte, North Carolina. Within seconds of taking off, disaster strikes. The Airbus A320 is struck by a flock of Canada geese, destroying the engines. With his plane falling from the sky, Captain Chesley Sullenberger makes a bold and brilliant decision to put his aircraft on the runway that’s dead ahead: the Hudson River. Relive the famous emergency landing and follow investigators as they examine how a bird strike could completely cripple two highly advanced jet engines.

Documentary Oct 23, 2022 43 min Paramount+

TV-14

Information

Released: 2022
Run Time: 43 min
Rated: TV-14
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio: English (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.