Passengers report scare on earlier US Airways flight 1549

Just two days before the crash of US Airways flight 1549 into the Hudson River in New York City, passengers on the same plane and same numbered flight are reporting that they heard a number of loud bangs and were informed that they might have to make an emergency landing, according to CNN.

Passenger Steve Jeffrey told CNN that he was on board the flight on Tuesday when “it sounded like the wing was just snapping off,” approximately 20 minutes into the flight.

“The red lights started going on. A little pandemonium was going on,” Jeffrey noted.

The passenger said that the incident occurred as the plane was flying over Newark, New Jersey, not long after its take-off from New York’s LaGuardia airport.

“It seemed so loud, like luggage was hitting the side but times a thousand. It startled everyone on the plane,” he added. “We started looking at each other. The stewardesses started running around. They made an announcement that ‘everyone heard the noise, we’re going to turn around and head back to LaGuardia and check out what happened.’”

A spokesperson for US Airways, Valerie Wunder, said: “US Air is working with the National Transportation Safety Board in this investigation.” Although she was not willing to comment further, she did confirm that the airline was looking into the report.

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