Taking the Back Roads, 'Miracle on the Hudson' Leaves N.J.

The Miracle on the Hudson” is making a sensation as it slowly winds its way through New Jersey to its final destination.

In Piscataway, spectators were able to touch the plane, and stand face to face with its torn up underbelly, the result of a water landing executed by pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger.

Shawn Dorsch, president of the Carolinas Aviation Museum was escorting the plane, and said the journey began at 7 a.m. in Kearny, where it had been stored since its splash-landing two years ago that was dubbed "The Miracle on the Hudson."

On Saturday morning, it left on a giant flatbed truck for the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, N.C., where it will be on display. It's taking the backroads through New Jersey, surprising, in Metuchen, George Bradshaw who took photos as the US Airways jet was being driven past his home.

The journey will take almost a week. Reassembly and restoration of the plane, which will involve reattachment of the wings, will be part of the exhibit, and will take about four months to complete, Dorsch said.

The plane was bound for Charlotte from New York on Jan. 15, 2009, when it struck a flock of geese and lost engine power. All 155 people aboard survived after Sullenberger elected to ditch the plane in the frigid Hudson River.

When it went through Moorestown on Sunday, it got stuck negotiating a turn. See pictures and that story here.