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...Barely a minute after the bird strikes, the captain of the Flight 1549 began talking to controllers about probably having to ditch in the river, according to a timeline released by investigators. The copilot kept trying unsuccessfully to restart the engines, while simultaneously running through an emergency-landing checklist, according to an Associated Press report. But because the plane had just taken off, and had only reached an altitude of around 3,000 feet, it had little time to go through the checklist. The plane splashed into the frigid water about three minutes after hitting the birds.