Aircraft
US Airways has operated the Airbus A320 that had a controlled landing on 15 January into the Hudson River in New York City for nine years on lease from Wells Fargo Bank.
In a statement the carrier says the twin engine jet was built in June 1999 and started operations with US Airways in August of the same year.
At the time of the accident flight the aircraft had logged 25,241.08 flight hours, with 16,299 cycles completed.
Technicians performed the last A-Check - an inspection performed every 550 flight hours - in December 2008. The last heavy C check was performed in April 2008.
The left CFM56-5B4/P engine was installed on 15 January 2008 and had 19,182 flight hours, while the right engine had logged 26,466 hours since its 28 May 2006 installation.
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