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WASHINGTON — Federal safety officials said Wednesday they’ve confirmed that there were birds in both engines of the US Airways airliner that ditched into New York’s Hudson River last month.
The National Transportation Safety Board said remains from both engines also have been sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington to have the particular bird species identified.
Flight 1549’s pilot, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, reported moments after taking off from LaGuardia Airport on Jan. 15 that the airliner had collided with birds and that both engines had failed. All 155 people aboard survived the dramatic water landing.
