Emergency Services for the "Miracle on the Hudson"

Services:

Geotechnical
Waterfront Structures
Emergency Response

Challenges Solved

MRCE continues to be involved with Battery Park City, a 92-acre development created in lower Manhattan in the Hudson River, since its inception in the 1970s until today. The spectacular emergency landing of the US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson on Jan 15, 2009 -- often called the “Miracle on the Hudson” -- involved MRCE’s emergency services when the floating plane drifted downstream and impacted the relieving platform that supports Battery Park City. MRCE engineers were called in to assess the potential damage to the relieving platform, an evaluation that was crucial to determine if the structure could be re-opened to the public.