`` We may end up in the Hudson , '' pilot tells controllers . The plane is now flying at a lower altitude than it was before the emergency landing. Jet 's engines failed after plane struck birds , pilot reported . Bird remains found in both of plane 's engines .
`` We may end up in the Hudson , '' pilot tells controllers . All 155 aboard survived after US Airways jetliner ditched in Hudson River . Jet 's engines failed after plane struck birds , pilot reported . Bird remains found in both of plane 's engines .