'Miracle on the Hudson' Plane up for Auction
 

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New York (CNN) -- Passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 could soon have a unique souvenir from their harrowing flight that ended in New York's Hudson River -- although it would be quite a large one.

The plane famously landed with 155 people aboard in the frigid river waters by Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger last January after a bird strike disabled its engines is up for auction.

The plane, an Airbus A320-214, is listed for sale "AS IS/WHERE IS" at a salvage yard in Kearny, New Jersey.

The wings, included in the sale, have been separated from the body of the aircraft and the bid site for the aircraft lists "severe water damage throughout the airframe" and "impact damage to underside of aircraft." The engines are not included.

The auction, managed by Dan Akers of Chartis Insurance, is set to end on March 27 at 4:30 p.m. ET and is open to the public. Chartis is a division of the larger American International Group Inc. and insures US Airways.

Why buy that when you can buy this:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...e-garage-sale/ ?

Reading this reminds me of a sister whose father was into aviation. He had to get his small plane out of a hangar that was being torn down, so she grew up with a wingless plane in the garage!

They really should just let the plane go.

It was wonderful that the plane landed the way it did, but all this hoopla is starting to get a little ridiculous.