Sullenberger the Plane Crash Hero Pilot who Landed Miracle Flight in New York
Sullenberger: Meet the Plane Crash Hero Pilot Who Landed ‘Miracle Flight’. Chesley Sullenberger and downed US Airways jet
Sullenberger the Plane Crash Hero Pilot who Landed Miracle Flight in New York. Growing up in Denison, Texas, Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III used to join the other boys sitting at the edge of a runway, watching planes from the town’s Air Force training base take off and land.
The people monitoring the “plane crash,” “airplane crash new york,” “airplane crash in hudson river,” and “us airways crash” online quickly turned to pore over the hero pilot’s credentials. As searchers for “chesley sullenberger” found out, this was a guy made for worst-case scenarios: According to the Associated Press, Sullenberger flew F-4 fighter jets in ’70s, investigated aircraft accidents, is president of a safety consulting firm, and studied the “psychology of keeping airline crews functioning even in the face of crisis.
Thursday evening, Sullengerger, 57, entered the annals of flight lore himself when he safely helmed disabled US Airways Flight 1549, with 155 passengers and crew aboard, to a smooth and safe landing in the middle of New York City’s icy Hudson River.
There were no fatalities in the narrowly averted disaster, which Sullenberger – “Sully” to his friends – reportedly told air traffic controllers was caused by birds flying into the jetliner’s two engines.
“If there’s ever been a miracle, this is a miracle,” flight instructor Gregory Keshishian told AM New York newspaper. “For him to … put the plane down apparently perfectly takes a great amount of skill and judgement.”
Hailed as ‘Masterful’
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg hailed Sullenberger’s “masterful” handling of the downed Airbus A320, which he ditched in the Hudson minutes after takeoff – and managed to steer clear of crowded Manhattan.
Bloomberg said the silver-haired pilot then walked through the rapidly-flooding cabin twice to make sure all passengers and crew had evacuated before leaving the plane himself.
A former Air Force fighter pilot and 29-year veteran of US Airways, Sellenberger is an expert in airplane safety. He lives in Danville, Calif., with his wife Lorrie, who told CNN she heard about the crash on TV but didn’t realize her husband was in the cockpit.
“When he called me, he said, ‘There’s been an accident,’” said Lorrie, a fitness expert. “At first I thought it was something minor. But then he told me the circumstances, and my body started shaking and I rushed to get our daughters out of school.”
“We’re really proud of him,” the couple’s daughter Kate told New York’s Daily News.
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To the Hero who landed a plane in the Hudson River. It takes an instant decision for someone in your position to save all the lives of the people your responcible for. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR EFFORT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MIRACLE.
Add my voice to the chorus: “Way to go, Captain Sullenberger, and crew, and customers!”
The people monitoring the “plane crash,” “airplane crash new york,” “airplane crash in hudson river,” and “us airways crash” online quickly turned to pore over the hero pilot’s credentials. As searchers for “chesley sullenberger” found out, this was a guy made for worst-case scenarios: According to the Associated Press, Sullenberger flew F-4 fighter jets in ’70s, investigated aircraft accidents, is president of a safety consulting firm, and studied the “psychology of keeping airline crews functioning even in the face of crisis.
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