The crash was featured in three episodes of '' Mayday '' ( '' Air Emergency '' , '' Air Crash Investigation '' , '' Air Disasters ( Smithsonian Channel ) '' ) . The first appearance was in season 1 to explain what might have happened if Air Transat Flight 236 had ditched instead of landing in a nearby airport . In season 3 , an episode ( " Ocean Landing " ) covered the events of Flight 961 in detail . Most recently , it featured in the season 10 episode covering US Airways Flight 1549 , to explain the risks of that crew 's decision to ditch in the Hudson River . It was also featured in a 2010 episode of the Biography Channel series '' I Survived ... '' , in which a survivor told his story of what happened on the plane
Air Transat Flight 236
Air Transat Flight 236
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961