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Crash of US Airways Flight 1549

August 04, 2009

Cover story in June 2009 Front Ecol Environ is US Airways Flight 1549 dramatic crash landing in Hudson River. Migratory Canada geese were identified as cause of crash using DNA barcoding, feather morphology, and isotope analysis of remnants collected from engines submerged for 3 and 9 days in the Hudson River.