Airbreathing jet engine In another incident in 1995, a Dassault Falcon 20 crashed at a Paris airport during an emergency landing attempt after ingesting lapwings into an engine, which caused an engine failure and a fire in the airplane fuselage; all 10 people on board were killed. In 2009, an Airbus A320 aircraft, US Airways Flight 1549, ingested one bird into each engine. The plane ditched in the Hudson River after taking off from LaGuardia International Airport in New York City. There were no fatalities. Jet engines have to be designed to withstand the ingestion of birds of a specified weight and number
Hitched or Ditched in both Adults 18-49 and 18-34 demo. It was ultimately canceled after just 6 episodes. It was announced on October 13, 2008 that The CW had ordered six episodes of a new wedding-themed reality series from RDF USA and "The Bachelor" producer Mike Fleiss, under the working title "For Better Or Worst". On April 6, 2009 the network announced that the show will premiere during summer on Tuesday, May 25 at 9/8c after the season finale of "Reaper". Hitched or Ditched Hitched or Ditched is a reality series that showed on The CW from May 26 to June 30, 2009.