US Airways pilot Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger talks about famous emergency landing in New York's Hudson River

By Jenny Cooney
Updated September 14 2016 - 7:20pm, first published 6:52pm
Director Clint Eastwood captures the chaos felt by all during catastrophic events in Sully, which stars Tom Hanks. Photo: Keith Bernstein
Director Clint Eastwood captures the chaos felt by all during catastrophic events in Sully, which stars Tom Hanks. Photo: Keith Bernstein

On January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was flying US Airways Flight 1549 out of La Guardia Airport in New York when his plane hit a flock of Canadian geese and both engines shut down. With only minutes to react, he landed the aircraft on New York City's Hudson River and saved the lives of all 155 souls on board.

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