things were looking bad for Flight 1549 out of New York's LaGuardia Airport one cold winter day in 2009. at 3:24 p.m. , just minutes after takeoff, the airbus 320 flew straight into a flock of large birds. There were several loud noises. Then both of the engines died. In the cockpit, Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger noticed a sharp smell of burning feathers The plane was only 3000 feet (914 meters) in the air, and it had no power . They were going down