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

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

George Bradshaw contributed this photo to Patch as the US Airways jet was being driven past his home in Metuchen.

The plane has been housed in a warehouse in northern New Jersey since its splash-landing two years ago, which 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. The journey will take almost a week.

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 Capt. Chesley Sullenberger elected to ditch the plane in the frigid Hudson River.