Sully's Challenge: "Miracle on the Hudson" – Official Investigation & Full Report of the Federal Agency
Flight 1549: Official Report on the Hudson DitchingBy National Transportation Safety Board
Length8h 8m
About this audiobook
*Sully's Challenge: "Miracle on the Hudson"* presents the official investigation into US Airways Flight 1549, the Airbus A320 that lost thrust in both engines after striking a flock of Canada geese shortly after departing New York's LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009. Drawing on the Federal agency's factual findings, analysis, and conclusions, the volume reconstructs the emergency decision-making, the aircraft's ditching in the Hudson River, and the successful evacuation of all 155 people aboard. Its style is documentary rather than dramatic: precise, evidentiary, and methodical, yet inherently compelling. Situated within the tradition of aviation-accident reporting, it demonstrates how technical data, human factors, operational procedures, and institutional safety recommendations transform a celebrated public event into a rigorous case study in transportation safety. The National Transportation Safety Board, an independent U.S. federal agency charged with investigating civil transportation accidents, approaches the episode through disciplined evidence gathering and impartial analysis. Its institutional purpose—not merely to assign responsibility, but to determine probable cause and prevent recurrence—shapes the book's sober perspective. The report reflects the agency's broader expertise in flight operations, engineering, wildlife hazards, emergency response, and crew performance, while also preserving the complexity behind the popular "Miracle on the Hudson" narrative. This book is recommended to readers interested in aviation history, accident investigation, risk management, and the relationship between human judgment and technological systems. It will particularly reward pilots, engineers, safety professionals, students, and anyone seeking an authoritative account beyond media simplification. As both a historical document and a practical study in resilience, it shows how meticulous investigation can convert an extraordinary survival into enduring lessons for public safety.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (10)
Includes Goodreads
GenreOther
Length8 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The City of the Sultan (Annotated)
2Sully’s Challenge: “Miracle on the Hudson” – Official Investigation & Full Report of the Federal Agency
3Executive Summary
41.1 History of Flight
51.2 Injuries to Persons
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61.3 Damage to Airplane
71.4 Other Damage
81.5 Personnel Information
91.6 Airplane Information
101.7 Meteorological Information
111.8 Aids to Navigation
121.9 Communications
131.10 Airport Information
141.11 Flight Recorders
151.12 Wreckage and Impact Information
161.13 Medical and Pathological Information
171.14 Fire
181.15 Survival Aspects
191.16 Tests and Research
201.17 Organizational and Management Information
211.18 Additional Information
222.1 General
232.2 Engine Analysis
242.3 Flight Crew Performance
252.4 Abnormal and Emergency Events Checklist Design
262.5 Pilot Training
272.6 Operational Difficulties Not Factored Into Certification Tests
282.7 High-AOA-Related Issues
292.8 Bird- and Other Wildlife-Strike Issues
302.9 Emergency Response
312.10 Survival Factors Issues
323.1 Findings
333.2 Probable Cause
344.1 New Recommendations
354.2 Previously Issued Safety Recommendation Resulting From This Accident
36Board Member Statement
37Appendix A
38Appendix B
39Appendix C
40Figures
41Tables
42Abbreviations
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