Sully

Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, III is an American retired airline captain who also works as an aviation safety consultant. He was hailed as a national hero in the United States when he successfully executed an emergency water landing of US Airway Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan, New York City, on January 15, 2009 after the aircraft was disabled by striking a flock of Canadian Geese during its initial climb out of LaGuardia Airport . All of the 155 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft survived.


Yesterday, my mom and I saw the movie Sully. It was about what happened after the water landing. Tom Hanks played Captain Sully and Aaron Eckhart played First Officer Jeffery Skiles. 

In the movie, Captain Sully and Jeffery Skiles had recurring nightmares about crashing into the city and there was some controversy about wether or not Captain Sully had made the right decision in landing into the Hudson River or if he could have made it to LaGuardia Airport. The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) investigated the incident and ran multiple simulations with the exact conditions and said that it was possible to land safely at a nearby airport but do to shock and the fact that type of incident never happened before states that Captain Sullenberg made the right decision. 


Captain Sully was hailed as a hero and will be remembered as the greatest water landing in aviation history. 



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