Hudson River Plane Crash Pilot: "...did we make the best choices?" - US Airway Flight 1549 -

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jbranstetter04
February 10, 2009

Captain Sullenberger said: "People...want good news; they want to feel hopeful again." Thats the best part about this story; it had a good ending that made you feel hopeful in the goodness of the American people, that we are still what we used to be, a good people and country.

Captain Sullenberger says he will not deny that he is a hero, because he does not want to take away from what people are feeling; he is not going to diminish their good will by saying that they are wrong: he will not rain on their parade. I would bet that he does not consider himself a hero. Im sure that he thinks he was only doing his job, and I would agree with him. But what a job he did, if only the rest of us would do our jobs as well, think of the world that we would be living in.
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Hudson River crash recordings reveal calm of Captain Sullenberger

His quick thinking under pressure has already been hailed across the world. Now transcripts of the final communication from the aircraft that crashed on the Hudson reveal how its pilot calmly radioed air traffic controllers that he was planning to land in the river next to Manhattan.
The audio recordings from the stricken jet, released yesterday, reveal that air traffic control met the news with disbelief. Were going to be in the Hudson, Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger told the tower in a deadpan voice. Im sorry, say again, an air traffic controller responded. There was no answer from the aircraft.
Captain Sullenbergers splash landing saved the lives of all 155 people aboard US Airway Flight 1549 from New Yorks LaGuardia airport to Charlotte, North Carolina, on January 15. The former US Air Force pilot walked through the aircraft twice to check that all passengers had got out before he abandoned the aircraft, in a feat dubbed The Miracle on the Hudson.
Investigators have confirmed that birds struck both engines of the Airbus A320 just after takeoff. The National Transportation Safety Board has released a photograph of a grey-black feather recovered from the jets left engine after it was lifted from the river-bed. The feather bolstered the theory that the aircraft was hit by a flock of Canada geese. Organic remains from inside both engines and the wings are being sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington for analysis before a final report is made.
The radio recordings show that Captain Sullenberger immediately reported that a bird strike had taken out both aircraft engines. Less than two minutes after reporting that he had reached 5,000 feet, Captain Sullenberger radioed the tower: Ah this is, uh, cactus fifteen thirty nine hit birds we lost thrust in both engines were turning back towards LaGuardia.
The tower halted flights to prepare for an emergency landing. Then Captain Sullenberger reports that he cannot make it back to the airport. Were unable. We may end up in the Hudson, he said. Im not sure we can make any runway. Oh, whats over to our right. Anything in New Jersey. Maybe Teterboro, he added.
Air traffic controllers tell Captain Sullenberger how to get to Teterboro airport in New Jersey, and put it on alert. Captain Sullenberger announced: We cant do it. He then breaks the news that he plans to ditch in the Hudson River.
Captain Sullenberger, in his first public comments since the splash-landing, has described it as surreal. In an interview with the ESPN sports network, he said that while he was gliding the aircraft into the river he felt calm on the outside, turmoil on the inside.
It was very quiet as we worked, my co-pilot and I. We were a team. But to have zero thrust coming out of those engines was shocking — the silence, he said. Captain Sullenberger is to give a more detailed account of his ordeal in an television interview with CBSs 60 Minutes on Sunday.
His wife, Lori, says that the couple have been opening letters from wellwishers every night that are so emotional — it allows both of us to express emotion about it all. We both sit there and cry.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news...

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guitarmanbadass (2 days ago) Show Hide

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i wanna marry him! ps: 5:15 xD like 5 blinks per second

PatriotIzzy (4 days ago) Show Hide

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Damn you tear jerker!

qermont (5 days ago) Show Hide

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Made me cry.

majortom321 (1 week ago) Show Hide

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Is this the same guy as Little Bill from Boogie Nights?

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I think that captain Sullyand his crew could benefit from EMDR. (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing--Therapy) EMDR can be an extremely effective tool for coping with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Sadly, Capt. Sully talked about "forgiving himself"..... for what?? This man and his flight crew, as well as the air traffic controllers and the rescue crews are all heroes.

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The mark of a profesional under duress

GW2sniperGod (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

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i remember, when we hit the river it felt like if we had hit a mountain of feathers.

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This guy exemplifies what a pilot is to be..always calm, always level, and always self evaluating.

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Wow what a fantastic guy. Thank you for saving the world Captain. Thank you so very much :)

Respects from Iran.

guitarmanbadass (2 days ago) Show Hide

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o come on it was only a few passengers xD save the world

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