E320 - Loss of Power Leads to Ice Landing - Episode 320
Published: March 18, 2026
Duration: 25:20
Developing: a routine training flight in March turned into a fight for survival.
When a student pilot and instructor flying a Cessna 172 lost engine power over New York’s Hudson River, they were forced to make a split-second decision: attempt to get to Stewart International Airport near the United States Military Academy at West Point or put the aircraft down somewhere else.
About five miles short of the airport, the crew realized they wouldn’t make it back. They decided to ditch onto a patch of ice in the river at night.
Miraculously, both...