Compressor stall The airliner successfully made a forced landing in a forest clearing without loss of life. On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, ditched in the Hudson River about five minutes after takeoff. The apparent cause was compressor stall in both CFM International CFM56-5B engines after flying through a flock of birds about 90 seconds after takeoff. This same aircraft may have suffered a compressor stall on the right engine two days earlier. After an incident in which an Airbus A321-200 experienced compressor stalls on both engines during initial climbout on December 15, 2008, an EASA Emergency
US Airways de Havilland Dash 8 (DHC-8) / Embraer 145 (Piedmont). Envoy was US Airways' long-haul business class product, found on flights to Europe, the Middle East, and South America. There were three types of Envoy seating in the US Airways fleet: Previously, the first row of all Airbus A330-300s were fully flat seats, formerly US Airways' international first class product. With the transition from three- to two-class international service, these seats were, for a time, offered at a fee to Envoy customers. Every seat had a personal on-demand video screen either attached to the arm rest or as a portable unit