Flight 1549 - Animated

An excellent animation of the "miracle on the Hudson" with the traffic control voices running in the background.

US Airways is giving the survivors of flight 1549 (which crashed
without fatalities in the Hudson River last month) free one-year
super-elite status, with all the perks that entails -- lounge
privileges, upgrades, etc. Consumerist doesn't think
much of this (and neither do many of the passengers),
but I actually think it's a pretty nice perk (though it
shouldn't be the only one, and surely it should be lifetime,
if not hereditary).

From Cory Dotorow on Boing Boing

Flight 1549 - The Crash and Recovery

Security video of the crash and rescue. The plane comes down on the left side of the screen at about the 2 minute mark. The first boat is there just two minutes later. What an incredibly lucky day for those passengers.

You may want to open this up for full-screen viewing. It's grainier, but easier to make out.