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On January 15th, a US Airways jet crashed into the Hudson River late in the afternoon. Miraculously, all passengers and crew survived.

Honeywell’s Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), a device which provides power when main aircraft engines are not running, played a critical role in the emergency landing. Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III maneuvered the plane en route from New York’s La Guardia airport to Charlotte, North Carolina, to glide approximately 3,000 feet without power and splash down slowy in the river, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The article states, “The generators that routinely provide electricity weren’t available because they are driven by the aircraft’s engines – which weren’t putting out sufficient power after apparently having ingested several geese. But the plane’s auxiliary power unit — made by Honeywell International Inc. — was operating during the descent and gave the pilot full use of the jet’s flight-control system, according to a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board and other people familiar with the details.”

Please read the attached article for details.

Tags: Honeywell, Hudson River, New York, US Airways