Bird vs Plane: Miracle on the Hudson

BY ARROW MEDIA
RELEASED: 2019
RUNTIME: 60 min
EPISODES: 1
KEY PERSONNEL: Tom Brisley, Ash Potterton
BROADCASTER: Smithsonian Channel
CATEGORY: History, Science

US Airways Flight 1549 is about two minutes into its journey from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2009 when bird strikes to both engines cripple the plane.

What results is an emergency landing on the Hudson River that astonishes the world and shines a light on a growing problem affecting our increasingly busy skies. Follow a team of forensic ornithologists and discover the remarkable research being conducted to solve the bird strike problem.