In January 2009, I had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York. Now let me tell you the three things I learned when the silence came. First, I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to but didn’t. I thought ...
Ric Elias had a 1D seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. He shares three things he learned about himself that day. He learned that it all changes in an instant. And he no longer wants to postpone anything in life. The seco...
It was five years ago today that a U.S. Airways plane landed in the Hudson River after a bird strike knocked out its engineSCOTT PELLEY, JEFF PEGUES
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first ...
It’s really strange to think about what would go through your mind in the face of death. Ric Elias shares his experience on Flight 1549, the plane that crash landed in the Hudson River, and the thoughts he had during what he perceived to be his final seconds. (Key takeaways at the ...
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HARRISON, N.J. (AP) --The plane that landed safely on theHudson Rivermore than two years ago is about to begin the slow journey to its final destination. The US Airways jet has been housed in a warehouse in northern New Jersey since its splash-landing that was dubbed"The Miracle on ...
三、阅读理解(B篇)Few people have faced death in a plane crash and lived to tell their stories. On Thursday 15 January, a US Airways plane with 155 people on board landed on the icy waters of the Hudson River after a bird strike upon takeoff.After a flock of birds struck the plane, ...
1 Few people have faced death in a plane crash and lived to tell their stories. On Thursday 15 January 2009, a US Airways plane with 155 people on board landed on the icy waters of the Hudson River after a bird strike upon takeoff.After a flock of birds struck the plane, both engines...
On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549 crash-landed on the Hudson River in New York City. Several large geese had flown into its engines and caused both of them___(fail). Due to a combination of pilot skill and pure luck, everyone on the plane___(survive) the accident. Although...