Everything about the fate of Flight 1549 seemed like a million-to-1 shot — a flock of birds crossing a jetliner`s path and taking out both engines, a safe landing in the Hudson River by a former fighter pilot.
As amazement about the `miracle on the Hudson` turned to questions, a team of 20 National Transportation Safety Board investigators began looking into how Thursday`s bizarre near-disaster happened.
The pilot guided the hobbled US Airways jetliner over New York City and into the frigid river, with an impact one passenger described as little worse than a rear-end collision. All 155 on board were pulled to safety as the plane slowly sank.
Image: Rescue workers are seen near a US Airways plane, which crashed in the Hudson River in New York, on January 15, 2009. The US Airways Airbus A320 jet with about 150 people on board came down into the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday.
