The story of US Airways Flight 1549, the plane that landed on the Hudson River
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The story of US Airways Flight 1549, the plane that landed on the Hudson River

B1IntermediateJuly 27, 20267 min

Ben looks back at one of the most remarkable flights in history. Listen to the recent news story about the man left hanging out the window of a flight when the window smashed - search for Learn English With News. Read the episode transcript and test your understanding with a comprehension quiz by joining the Learn English with Ben fan club. You'll get access to transcripts and quizzes, plus other bonus content. Visit patreon.com/learnenglishwithben for more information and to join now. Patreon: patreon.com/learnenglishwithben - For transcripts...

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Hi guys, I'm Ben and welcome to today's English podcast. On today's episode, I'm going to be telling you the story of US Airways Flight 1549, 1549, which was the plane that landed on the Hudson River. Now, the reason I'm going to talk about this amazing story is because on a recent episode

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of my other podcast, Learn English With News, I told you about a nightmare situation for a passenger aboard a plane going from Greece to Germany. One of the windows smashed mid-flight, leaving the man hanging out of the window. Thankfully, he had his seatbelt on and his fellow passengers managed to drag him back onto the plane. A nightmare situation, a terrible,

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terrible story for him. Thankfully, as I said, he seems to be okay. And it made me think of other amazing stories involving aircrafts with basically happy endings. And the one that sprung to mind was this one about this amazing flight, which ended up with a plane landing on the Hudson River. Before I tell you about it in more detail, let's take a look at some keywords.

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