An aircraft that aviation experts say is the same one that crash-landed in the
Hudson River Thursday experienced engine problems in mid-flight just two days before, according to passengers.
Whether that problem had any role in Thursday's crash of the same plane remained unclear, but the incident on Jan. 13 proved a harrowing experience for passengers.
"It sounded like luggage was dropped on a metal floor, but times a thousand," said Steve Jeffrey, a Charlotte packaging company owner who was a passenger on the flight.
Detailed maintenance records for all planes are kept by the Federal Aviation Administration. A spokeswoman declined to comment.
"It was scary, as you can imagine,"
We heard loud noises and rumbles, and I knew there was a problem."
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