US Airways Web site fails following Flight 1549 crash
InformationWeek
US Airways' Web site experienced high traffic volumes following an emergency landing of Flight 1549 in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York City. During the first hour, US Airways' Web site was slow to load and its "flight status" function failed to bring up information on the flight. Then, the entire site failed to load. Finally, the company posted a statement about the landing on a page dedicated to the incident.