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The passenger jet from “the Miracle on the Hudson” is headed for storage while the North Carolina museum where it has been stored closes temporarily as it seeks a new home, according to a report.

The US Airways Airbus A320, which gained immortality in 2009 when Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger ditched it in the Hudson River after a bird strike, has been housed at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte.

Museum official Jessica Mallicote told the Charlotte Observer that the 40,000-square-foot hangar where the plane is stored will be occupied by manufacturing tech company Honeywell.

The museum plans to reopen in 2022, she said.

“We’re working with the city and the airport to find a place to (house) the new museum,” Mallicote told the news outlet. “We’re hoping it’ll be adjacent to the airport as that’s such a terrific backdrop.”

Museum president Stephen Saucier said the aircraft was “much more than just a plane.”

“It was about the stories of the survivors, the people who were able to walk away from that — the 155 passengers and crew,” he said.

Katie Swaringen, another museum official, is helping arrange the plane’s storage for the next few years.

“Watching it go into storage is definitely a little bit of sadness because we know it won’t be on display for a couple of years and every day I see people get impacted by that visit. People get emotional, brought to tears,” she said.

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