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3 things I learned while my plane crashed - Ric Elias

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Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time.

What did the flight attendants tell Ric Elias was happening when the engine first started making a strange noise?

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