Hudson

Crash survivors need counseling more than their luggage

by Laura Townsend Elion on July 8, 2009

I recently reported on the multi-million dollar effort of US Airways to restore the personal effects of the passengers of the ‘so-called’ Miracle on the Hudson. I got some criticism for comparing the huge outlay of cash and concern to the often surly attention I have received when I had to go to the desk and report that my own belongings had gone missing.

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What did US Airways do right with Flight 1549?

by Christopher Elliott on January 21, 2009

No one knows for certain what happened to US Airways Flight 1549, which plunged into the Hudson River last week — was it a bird strike or a mechanical failure? — but it’s already clear the airline did a lot of things by the book.

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