first officer jeffrey skiles is at the controls. he's new to the airbus. for the past eight years, he's flown a boeing 737. >> well, the takeoff was uneventful. it was a nice day. it was cold. and this was only my second trip on the airplane. so i was actually hand-flying the airplane to get used to it. and about 3,000 feet we, you know, flew into the birds. >> the plane has been in the air less than three minutes when it collides with a flock of canada geese, crippling both engines. >> this is cactus 1539. hit birds, we lost thrust in both engines. we're turning back towards laguardia. >> okay, yeah, you need to return to laguardia. turn left heading of 220. tower stop your departures. we got an emergency returning. >> captain chesley sully sullenberger takes control of the airplane from his copilot with two simple words. "my aircraft." remarkably there is footage of the plane's last moments airborne. >> sully took over control of the airplane and called for the dual engine failure checklist that we do. and i started to perform that. >> trying to get the