US Airways 1549, One Year Later & 1970′s ALM Ditching Near St. Croix
Emilio Corsetti appears on The Sky Steward Radio Show
January 15, 2010, marks the one-year anniversary of US Airways flight 1549 which was successfully ditched in the Hudson River after striking a flock of geese during its take-off climb. Although this is the most easily remembered airliner water landing, it is interesting to look back at a ditching that took place on May 2, 1970, involving an Overseas National Airlines DC-9 en-route from JFK to St. Maarten.
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