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Old January 15th 09, 10:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default Airliner crashes into Hudson River after LGA departure

Kingfish writes:

Holy smokes! CNN is reporting an airliner went down in the Hudson
after departing LaGuardia. I heard something about birdstrikes, but
can't imagine a double engine failure due to that(?) They sure picked
a cold day to go swimming... Hope everybody is ok...


Bird strikes are a leading cause of engine failure. Jet engines don't often
fail all on their own.