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 existing route from Philadelphia to London Heathrow. The airline began service from Charlotte to Heathrow on March 30, 2013, replacing its existing service from Charlotte to Gatwick, which ended the airline's service to Gatwick. US Airways had codeshare agreements with the following airlines : By mid-2014, US Airways maintained a predominantly Airbus fleet, with some Boeing jets and small fleet of Embraer jets; one of which, the Embraer 190, was in the mainline fleet. The post-merger US Airways continued to operate the largest fleet of Airbus aircraft in the world. Subsidiaries Piedmont and PSA exclusively flew Bombardier CRJ (PSA), and