Gerry Mcnamara Flight 1549

All 155 Gerry Mcnamara Flight 1549 flight passengers miraculously survived in a should-be total airplance destruction.  Instead of an airplane crash, the aircrew turned to southbound from a location near the George Washington Bridge.  The plane glided to a river.  The passengers were successfully rescued by water floats from the slowly sinking plane.


This is first and one of a kind airplane emergency landing.  The entire crew of the Flight 1549 was awarded with the Master's Medal of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators.

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