Plane Down in Hudson River - NYC

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Originally Posted by rattletrap

Now that we know this same a/c experienced a compressor stall in the right engine 2 days earlier....and that US Airways prefers a pilot to carry less than full fuel....would condensation be a factor? Could an engine go through a series of stalls from water contamination in the fuel and be damaged to the point that the damage is not noticed until tasked? Is a compressor stall so routine that they go unreported?

I apologize if this has a different, more reliable, source, but as far as I know, we only know that CNN reports an email from a PAX who was on the same A/C a few days before. That hardly qualifies as "now that we know".