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Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III (born January 23, 1951) is an American retired aviator, diplomat and aviation safety expert. He is best known for his actions as captain of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 15, 2009, when he ditched the plane, landing on the Hudson River after both engines were disabled by a bird strike. All 155 people ...
US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States.On January 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 serving the flight struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia, losing all engine power.
Captain Sully, 74, was deemed a hero when he successfully landed a doomed Airbus A320 flight into New York’s Hudson River on 15 January 2009, after the plane struck a flock of Canada geese at an ...
Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III landed an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River just off Manhattan in an event that is still remembered as the “Miracle on the Hudson.” All 155 ...
All 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 stood on the wings of the plane where Captain "Sully" safely landed in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009. In January 2009, Sullenberger landed an ...
Sully premiered at the 43rd Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016, and was released in the United States in conventional and IMAX theaters on September 9 by Warner Bros. [29] When deciding when to release the film, Warner Bros. executives had begun circling the first weekend after Labor Day, considering that most adult fall dramas do not ...
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III in 2009. Few people can relate to the pilots involved in the American Airlines plane crash over the Potomac River on Wednesday, Jan. 29, ...
Why Planes Crash is a documentary TV series based on aviation accidents and crashes.The series was created, named and produced by Caroline Sommers for NBC News.The series premiered on July 12, 2009, featuring Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, popularly known as the "Miracle on the Hudson."