Sully: Everything The Movie Didn't Tell You
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US Airways Flight 1549 was a scheduled flight from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte. It suffered bird strikes into both engines shortly after take-off. The pilots, captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger and first officer Jeff Skiles had to perform an emergency landing on the Hudson River on Januar y 15th, 2009. Everyone on board was able to evacuate the Airbus A320 and survived. The event is dubbed "the miracle on the Hudson".
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I always remember an interview with Sully in which he was asked did he pray at any time during the crisis. His straight faced response was. "No I focused on flying the plane and assumed the passengers had the praying covered" lol
@@RichardM333 wrong sir. I was in a similar accident , as pilot in a jet. In the end when you’ve done everything humanly possible, your just along for the ride at some point. It takes less than a second to get a quick prayer out. I can tell you it will help as my situation was much worse than this one and I needed and received divine help in recovering from my injuries.
Oh Gosh! LOL!
Mr. Richard, I was not laughing at you sir. I AM SO GLAD you prayed and that God answered your prayer. May you continue to live a blessed life. 🙏
Sully is always funny like that, I’ve seen several interviews. He’s very sarcastic sometimes 😂
@@maxmcvicker Nor God or Jesus have ever flied an aircraft believe it or not.
I wonder how many of the 2,977 casualtis during 9/11 saved a prayer, to no avail.
One thing that only a few people know. The Small coast guard ship you can see in some of the videos near the right-wing was actually a surplus vessel no longer in the coast guard. My brother bought it and when he heard the call about the plane he rushed out of his berth expecting a small plane. He received the 2nd highest award that the coast guard can give out.
@@bibblybobbly9951 risk your life I'd guess
@@TheHawkeye1432 I'd like to meet with you, and your brother. Is that Charlotte, Nth Carolina? I am in Australia. Not so far awa reealy;
@@DavidKing-uz3pk I'm in Charlotte and don't get out much anymore but my brother lives in NJ, just outside NYC
@@TheHawkeye1432 the steel which was unaccounted for was diverted by the Mob and scrapped. Suspected scrapped, but makes sense. Welcome to NYC.
@@cliffontheroad sorry, the project my brother worked on was above board, besides it was only enough to do the sonar dome
One thing you didn't mention that I feels deserves note, after the evacuation was complete, the flight crew stayed behind and thoroughly checked the cabin twice for anybody who may have been left behind before evacuating themselves. These were guys who really understood the weight of those bars on their shoulders.
He did include a clip from the movie showing Tom Hanks doing just that but yeah, that certainly merited mention.
Sully and Jeff took control of the situation and handled it like God's Angels!
Sully, Skiles, and the entire crew are heroes. My hat is off to all of them. And to all who came to their aid.
Yes they all dif that. But Captain Sully's experience is reason every single person got off safely.
As a commercial pilot of 43 years, i said it then, and once again
if i may say it again, this accident was resolved primarily by a man who
had the courage, clarity, prescience, and ability.
There is no way to investigate, micromanage, theorise or what if the incident.
Its called the X factor in the gut of an old war horse like Sully, which brought
the events to a safe conclusion.
Only pilots will know what I'm talking about. He simply switched on and boy,
did he deliver.
And now imagine what would have happened if e.g. David Robert and Pierre-Cédric Bonin were flying that plane...
despite what the NTSB was portrayed in the movie as trying to do, right?
@@ghandtlg5898 Yes, absolutely
Well-said. I was a B52 navigator in the USAF. Not a pilot, but close enough to fully agree.
Well said. While not a pilot, or in the aviation industry, I think this applies to other professions as well. A person can only be trained so much. At some point, if and when disaster strikes, the person must be able to maintain calm, think clearly, follow the book but then know when not to follow the book. I have seen this play out in the emergency room when I was a member of one. By the book works to a point. Training gives you a plan to follow. But, when all else fails or the extraordinary happens, relying on your own self can be the best call.
One other attribute that is not often mentioned, Sully is a very experienced glider pilot. He is, one of very few people that could pull off that landing.
I'll bet that's the biggest glider he will ever fly😅
That's one of the most miraculous things about it.
I think I read that he also trains other glider pilots.
@@jeaniechampagne8831he needs training them how to Glide AND enormous plane also , doesn't he ? He's already got the experience . Thanks regards , bye .
There was a Jet out of Canada that ran out of fuel due to a mix up when converting their fuel load out from US to Metric units. The pilot landed the powerless Jet onto a closed runway being used for racing motorcycles. That pilot was also a glider pilot and used glider techniques to safely land the plane.
Sometime afterwards, Sully was honored by his alma mater, Purdue University, with the Neil Armstrong Award for Excellence. It was given to him by none other than Armstrong himself. The video is here on UA-cam.
But, in spite of his heroism, he was grilled mercissely by "authorities", real idiots who tried to hang a terroist tag on him.
@@rumplestiltskin7304 What the hell are you referring to? The FAA/NTSB investigators? If you were, that's absolute bullshit. i Both he and Skiles were highly praised for their airmanship.
Sully and the First officer were both heroes❤
Jeff Skiles...
Beside the Cockpit, there were rest of the crew, and ALL of them R Heroes and they set the high standard to follow....
It is also a standard itself that earn experience (ern in blood) w/ training get all the passengers safe.
Sally's landing performance came w/ experience and logic common sense thinking...
Both definitely heroes
Also the 4 flight attendants who started the evacuation. Excellent training made a difference. The boats in the area who evacuated everybody from exposure.
Hero!
To me, Sully is a hero. Too many people when under pressure in a role that they have been trained for, simply panic in an emergency and do the wrong things. Sully kept focussed, with Skiles, and they worked together for the best outcome.... Skiles is also a hero
Agree.
Yes he did his job, but he did it very well - well enough that there were no casualties.
@@EannaButler Sully's only concern was the 155 people that were on-board that flight. As he stated, in the movie, he and Skiles did it together and he gave credit to everybody else other than himself. BTW, Skiles comment, in the hearing, "I'd do it in July" actually was said by him.
Both Sully AND Skiles are heros, it was always a team effort. Yet so much emphasis on the captain and only a footnote of recognition for the first officer. Even the movie was called "SULLY" with no reference to Jeff Skiles. In my humble opinion it should have been tilted "MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON" But all things considered captain Sullenberger demonstrated Incredible professional airmanship and would never have been able to do it alone without his co-pilot.
A real hero would have said... Departure USAir,, cactus, needs runway heading for birds.. Canadian geese look like a B52. But yes,, you have to POW... Peek out the window
In another crash a pilot stopped flying and thew his hands up and prayed. In off airport non-scheduled landing the most important thing it to fly the plane. Good job Sullenberger.
I am a former crew member of the USS Intrepid. It is now a museum in NYC. I was aboard the ship that day and watched it float past. A few weeks later Katy Couric interviewed Sully onboard the Intrepid Museum. Me and a few fellow former crew members were on hand. We were asked by the Museum to line up as a greeting line. Sully stopped and greeted us and shook hands with each of us. Museum employees were asking to have their picture taken with him. Suddenly, He turned and asked the Museum President if he could get a picture with us. He jumped into the center of the line and the Museum President snapped the picture. It was an honor meeting him and having our picture taken with him.
The whole crew is a bunch of heroes and the passengers are to be commended for remaining calm. Then those ferry boat operators that responded instantly are amazing.
Yeah, definitely!
But that ONE passenger who didn't remain calm and attempted the swim for shore really got me! Just imagining what it was like to face the reality of realising that you've made a terrible, terrible mistake! The shear panic and desperation! hahaha OMG!
I spent 10 yrs working as ground staff in the aviation industry and started to learn to fly single engined light aircraft. At the time I learnt the details of Cactus 1549 I described it to my wife as "arguably the finest piece of flying in aviation history". I stand by that assessment!
I would suggest Capt. Al Haynes of United Flight 232 that lost all hydraulics at 37,000 feet after a catastrophic engine failure in the No. 2 engine of his DC-10. Steering only with the two wing engines, Haynes and his crew nearly brought the plane in before it crash landed in Sioux City, Iowa in 1989. Of 296 on board, 112 died. It was dubbed "The Impossible Landing."
You are correct, it was arguable
@@katazack You have a point! I seem to recall that at the time it was said by one of his fellow pilots that not only was Capt. Haynes lucky to land his DC10 at Sioux City he was lucky to even keep it in the State of Iowa!
@@pierremainstone-mitchell8290 They did a remarkable job. I had the pleasure of meeting Capt. Haynes at a baseball game less than two weeks after the incident. He said that he thought they were going to put it on the runway until the last moment.
One thing that is never mentioned: The visibility in the NewYork area was minimal on that morning. If that had been a morning flight the outcome would have been catastrophic. I was #3 for departure (after USair) on a delta flight bound for Atlanta. We never took off had to return to the gate. While we were on the taxiway- all traffic stopped we were told that a small plane had crashed. We later learned it was the USair flight. Several of my First Class cabin mates were very distressed as they were returning from a partners meeting of a large multi city national law firm. They had colleagues on that flight headed to Charlotte. My seat mate received a call from his friend who was standing on the wing of the floating jet. All was well. True Story.
my goodness, interesting!
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Rule number 53 of the internet: If someone ends a story with "True story" _its probably not_
@@richardmillhousenixon and, His story didn’t even make any sense I don’t understand what he was trying to say about visibility
You don’t know what the outcome would have been if it had been a morning flight anymore than I do.
As a private pilot, Sully demonstrated incredible ability as a pilot, to keep a level head, delegate tasks (Crew Resource Management), and make good decisions based on experience. Some of the actions they took really didn't have checklist procedures to cover their specific situation, as noted. Bottom line, he knew his aircraft, appropriate procedures, and never lost focus. Hats off to both guys.
It still amazes me how quickly all this happened. As the movie stresses the entire crew was important in saving all the people on board. Nobody lost their head in the emergency and they performed admirably.
The passengers on that flight owe their lives to the *ENTIRE FLIGHT CREW.* Everyone on this team focused on doing their duty. Their performance sets the standard for crisis management aboard any commercial flight.
Good point! the entire crew were heroes, and the passengers evidently brave and sensible enough!
I remember this landing clearly. Amazing how the two pilots worked so well together and saved everyone onboard. Happy to hear that First Officer Skiles flew with Sully on Sully’s last flight before retirement. Both great pilots. The ferry captains and other boats that aided in this rescue, also deserve our full respect. Wonderful ending to what could have been a serious tragedy.
I rode those ferries for many years. On 9/11 it was the commuter ferries that made a Dunkirk like effort to evacuate people from lower Manhattan and I was one of the people evacuated - the crews did an amazing job, having first aid supplies and plenty of water on hand and cared for passengers with minor injuries and cases of shock. They cannot be commended enough.
@@gtobynj Guess you were not on the boat that rescued the severely injured flight attendant
What specifically did Skiles do that you are commended him for?
@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath 7:44 Just go away. You are just trying to arouse a response because you lead a meaningless existence
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I'm an ATP and live close to Sully, He is my hero, and his quite demeaner and poise makes me proud to be a pilot, I can only hope that when I'm challenged in such a way that I keep calm and deal with the issues as he did.
Thank You Sully for setting the bar so high.
All the best
Dudes no hero
@@davidsuminski4243 You try landing a jet with no power in the water, most military pilots would punch out and let the aircraft hit the water, that is because most landings in the water cause total damage to the aircraft and all passengers and crew would drown. Of course you know it all!!!
@@GM8101PHX im glad you are able to come to your senses and realize I do know it all
@@GM8101PHX Mr. Miller, do not respond to idiots, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with stupidity.
@@paulhagerty2773 😅 Yep, sadly that is true. They only come here for attention, always best not to give it to them
The crew and passengers are heroes to me. Less than a year before this event I was diagnosed with CML leukemia. My father died 12/2007, my wife died 4/2008, and my home damaged by hurricane Ike 9/2008. This miracle in January of 2009 gave me hope to keep on living.
Hang in there William. I'm sure many reading this are praying for you and hoping for the best. We can all use some hope and the feeling we are not alone. I hope my words helped in some way.
Our prayer for you William we believe miracle for you and be strong in Him
@@45cab 🙆🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Why wasn't the announcement made about the type of air craft that crashed/needed help made. Instead of making announcements that a small plane or small aircraft had landed in the Hudson? IT would make a big difference in what one would need to expect as in how many passengers may need rescuing and even the type of rescue equipment to deploy.
A year now Mike, I so hope you are still with us...@@mikeyoung9810
Sully was just a man doing his job, but a hero in the way he conducted himself under enormous pressure, and so was all of the crew.
"...a lot of luck was also involved...." Flight instructors will tell you that 'luck tends to favor the prepared pilot'.
Just as the film portrays - there was a critical moment when Capt. Sullenberger had to quickly decide whether or not he could glide without any engine power back to LaGuardia (over a densely populated part of the city) - or try for Teterboro - which almost never sees larger commercial aircraft like the Airbus A320.
Capt. Sullenberger made the only choice he could under the circumstances - and it probably saved the lives of all those on board - and very possibly lives on the ground as well.
Think how critical his altitude was: just a little higher and he might have tried Teterboro.
You believe everything Sully said. Look at a map instead of believing sully. There is a river between the Hudson and the water next to LaGuardia that he could have followed. Sully was breaking the sterile cockpit rules right before seeing the birds because he was chitchatting about how beautiful the Hudson was, which of course meant that he was looking off at the Hudson admiring its beauty, instead of watching for obstacles like, wait for it, birds
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath ~~ so you say he should have seen the birds sooner and taken evasive maneuvers - in a A320 - while climbing & turning ? Seriously ? And btw - the Harlem river is not nearly a straight shot from GWB back to LGA - they'd have been forced to make turns (following the river or not) - which makes you fall faster during unpowered flight. Nope - not buying it.
silly comment nominee of the month
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath Correct! There is another theory (mine) that both pilots could have pretended that nothing happened (so as not to startle the passengers and crew) and continue to fly to their destination. This way only the engineers inspecting the engines later on would have known about the bird strike and all that would have resulted was perhaps some extra paperwork -ordering some new engines or fan blades or some sort of nozzles. Switching the APU on is usually deadly. And we saw what happened. Have a nice day.
I think captain Sullenberger is a hero but I also think there are a lot of other unsung heroes in the flying community! The stories you don’t hear about are often the ones where the pilots did the best job.
This was absolutely a team effort, from Sully and Jeff to the cabin crew, ATC, the ferry captains and crews and other first responders, 👏 as well as the passengers themselves helping each other. Truly an amazing thing.
To his credit, Sully always acknowledged the efforts of everyone who helped out that day, especially his cabin crew and, not surprisingly when you think about it, even the passengers who did their part by following instructions and not panicking.
That's for sure true, but this particular pilot managed it in the middle of one of the world's most news-happy cities. With no deaths. The public nature of the accident made all the difference to the story
Which is not to disparage any of the many miracles other pilots achieve! 😉✌
Yes there are plenty of examples of pilots landing under even more extreme and challenging emergency conditions where they had to perform with much more skill. But Sully is still a great pilot and a great example of integrity and professionalism.
Maybe I missed it, but the work of the flight attendants is not to be undervalued! They are the first line of passenger protection in any event or crash!
absolutely!
Agreed the movie was a little over dramatic but it was deeply moving.
What exactly did the air stewards do in this landing.
Yes and in this case the flight attendant at the rear of the plane (Doreen Welsh) literally saved lives when she both yelled at passengers to move forward as well as physically PUSH them forward...water was up to her chest and she had sustained a severe leg injury and still managed to get everyone from the real of the plane out safely.
@@beatrixvandermerwe2860
The flight attendants? They got everybody off the plane and in a credible short amount of time. You should watch the video taken from the docs. When they tell you, they can evacuate the plane in a minute they’re not kidding.
Sully and Skiles, Air traffic control, US 1549 flight crew, passengers and first responders all heroes. I'm overwhelmed with joy every time I hear this story.❤
I absolutely agree and for me it was also a miracle that such an experienced pilot was responsible for this relatively small A320 aircraft instead of a bigger one
As Sully said (as portrayed in the movie)--it was not just him but his 1st officer, the stewardesses, the passengers themselves, and the armada of ships and 1st responders that saved 155 souls--but still you have to have a leader and it was so fortunate and YES HEROIC, that Cactus 1549 had Sully in the main seat!!
My nephew was on that flight. Obviously my whole family is very grateful to Captain Sullenberger and all the heros of that day who worked so hard and so quickly to get everyone to safety. Truly a miracle.
the A320 is a 2 crew flightdeck, sully and the F/O worked together, but of course the captain (sully) got all the credit, (or blame if it all went wrong)
Sully's superb knowledge of the systems of the aircraft along with his training as a glider pilot led to the best outcome possible. Kudos to all the crew for keeping everyone calm and together, and the ferry boat pilots for their quick and efficient rescue operation.
Glider pilot had nothing to do with it
He flew gliders before joining the Air Force and was a glider instructor at the Air Force Academy.
He also had his own business teaching pilots crisis management.
Both of these skills helped him that day.
@@joatmon101b WELL SAID. Another glider trained pilot is of British Airway 009 where all four engines died after a volcanic ash incident and he GLIDED the plane to safety.
didn't they forget to select the guarded 'ditching' switch? (though it was at the end of the QRH)
not convinced the glider pilot bit helped, sorry to burst your bubble on that one, in fact being a glider pilot can work against you (cause of a another accident with a rudder detachment)
This happened to a SAS flight from Stockholm to Copenhagen. The captain was Stefan Rasmussen he lost both engines as well, but managed to land on a field first the plane chopped some trees, but all passengers survived
I just watched the Mayday: Air Disasters documentary on that incident on youtube! Very amazing pilot! Bless all of the people who survived such a landing.
Sully and Jeff are both heroes in my eyes. Sully had the knowledge and experience to get them through this situation, and Jeff was doing his part by doing the essential checking lists and manning the radio. What a team they made.
There is little doubt that Sully's switching on the APU and ability to fly the aeroplane in such unique circumstances saved the day. A wonderful feat of airmanship and cool headedness.
Starting the APU was step #15 in the manual. Evidence the manual was written by bureaucrats and not pilots. These fly-by-wire aircraft need power all the time. If given the choice, I'd have the APU running on standby until the aircraft reached cruising altitude.
I'd wager the checklist assumed that the engine failure happened at cruising altitude... But yeah, unless there are other concerns, keeping the APUs running up til 10,000ft or so might be a good idea
He definitely made that critical choice early on and it was far down on the checklist.
the new one for low altitude dual engine failure now starts with it...
Military flight training emphasizes early EPU/ APU starting for engine failure. Planes like the F-16 can't fly without computer flight controls. Otherwise, they are a giant lawn dart.
Sully made the quick connection that he needed power and solved that issue.
Sullenberger repeatedly stated that the successful outcome was a team effort. Indeed Stiles and the cabin crew were instrumental in clearing the cabin and ensuring that everyone remained calm (to the extent possible under the circumstances). And the passengers, for the most part, did not panic. Everyone did everything right. The odds of that happening are astronomical. I would have immediately headed for a casino.
Agree 100% with you 🎯
Except with going to a casino afterwards - you would have lost all hands for the rest of your life, having spent all the good luck of a lifetime in the plane incident 🙏
Sully knew how to fly glider planes . He was amazing. Thank you , both of you
All are the heroes as the captain Sully introduced in his explanations. Great Honor. ❤❤❤
One thing that sticks out in my mind about the movie is how the NTSB came to do the simulation tests with the 35-second delay. In the movie, it was Sullenberger that found fault with the test pilots not waiting 35 seconds to start the emergency landing when they did the simulations during the public hearing, but in fact the simulations were conducted separately from any hearings, and Sullenberger did not observe them, although they did figure in a 35-second delay for reaction time. I love Sullenberger's speech in the movie about how unrealistic it was to do the simulation with no delay, as he points out that the simulations without the delay had the return path all planned out, but nothing could have been planned out that quickly when the real bird strike happened. "You can't just turn back to LaGuardia like you're picking up the milk."
Since my first hour of flying some 25000 hours ago.. 3 things to do in an emergency. Fly the airplane, find a field, trouble shoot. In that order. And In fact,, I have had many different emergencies and the one thing I learned beyond doubt is,, that they all happened in slow motion. With good training,, you do what you are supposed to do.. And later,, it seemed like each event happened in slow motion,, some were just seconds.. Wonder if Sully experienced this?
@@cjswa6473 From what Sully said in the movie, no one had ever trained for an emergency where both engines fail so soon after takeoff, at only 2800 feet. I am not a pilot, but my understanding is that by the time you would make a decision to make an emergency landing, you are already too low to make it to a field. That is why the simulations were done with a 35-second delay.
I hate the movie, to be honest, because it builds this whole mythos around the supposedly prosecutet hero when in reality, the NTSB simply did its job, investigating not Sully, but how the crash could happen so that measures could be taken for the next time something like this happens. There was no need for anyone to make a speech about the so called human factor, flight investigators are professionals and naturally always factor reaction time into their simulations.
I remember hearing about this accident at that time and when I found out everyone lived I was so happy, elated. It was motivating to hear such good news especially when the percentages may not have been in their favor. I was happy everyone was able to sleep in their own beds and continue living. Mr. Sullenburger is a hero!!!
I have jumped out and had a little dance in front of my TV, clapping hands and screaming out loud “hurrah”. True story.
Jeffrey Skiles was just as instrumental in landing this plane successfully, but Sullenberger seems to get all the credit/attention! I remember you First Officer Skiles!
All the expert opinion has said the same thing about this. Without Sully it would have been a disaster. Why would you make such an incorrect statement🤷♂️
A hero
That is barely true.... at best "He was there" with Sully who made all the calls, all the decisions to do this. He was a co pilot who followed the captains commands. It is like saying the captain of a warship should thank and credit the guys who clean the windows, just because they gave the captain a clear view.
I think Sully would be the first to say the safe landing was due to all involved on that flight crew. Including Skiles. Other's may give Sully all the credit but not Sully himself.
Unfortunately, Sully is catchier than Skiley. And we pay attention to rank in this country more than hours/types flown.
Plus, the public can barely even spell CRM, let alone understand it.
SULLY HAS BEEN MY HERO SINCE THAT DAY!!!!!!!❤
Captain Sully is both a hero and a man who was just doing his job. He and co-pilot Jeff did every thing right that day and that is mostly why no one died on Unites States Airways Flight 1549 on January 15th, 2009. Also what helped every one onboard this flight live was the fact that ferry's and police and fire boats responded to the crashed jet ASAP. this resulted in every one getting to the safety of land. These 2 men given the condition of the jet did every thing they could do in that situation. Also the jet was mostly undamaged as far as aerodynamics were concerned.
I could not have said this better so I will not say more than that I fully agree.
The airline's name, "US Airways", (My employer when it was, "USAir")which merged with American Airlines, in 2015, was not an abbreviated, "United States Airways". There were no periods in the "US".
Sully is definitely a hero, he did the right things in a very uncertain situation, with focus and calmness. He must have been an inspiration to his crew and of course, the passengers.
Very straight forward. He only had one choice. Not like a rational pilot needed more than a second or two to put the plan in place. Unfortunately not everyone is wired to be rational.
Sully and Skiles are heroes of the highest order. The calm and professionalism they displayed is what you hope anyone in an emergency will show. They, and their crew shows the best of their profession, and the folks who immediately came to the rescue showed the best of New York and New Jersey. What all of them did made a lot of people proud to be an American on a day where the story could have been so different and New Yorkers knew intimately knew that. Thanks to all of those folks, and especially thanks to Sully and Skiles.
Kudos to Sully for being ready and steady. You cannot predict when disaster will strike. Think through your actions ahead of time. My most similar experience was when I woke up at 3 AM to find my house on fire. In only 60 seconds I managed to get the family onto the roof where we were later rescued. We barely made it out. What I remember most is that there was no time or even ability to think. There was only time to act. The Lord was merciful.
The house was on fire and you headed for the roof?
@@geoffdein2894 - At that point in time there was no way out except to climb through our second floor bedroom window onto the roof of our first floor porch. Then we could at least jump 1 story to the ground instead of die where we stood.
Honestly, all I knew is that we had to get out of there NOW. We got out with a few seconds to spare.
@@shaemurphy8193 I thought maybe that after I posted so good decision, then get out of dodge asap. For what it’s worth a would go through fire emergencies once a year. We are ground level and the instructions are “out the window and don’t even try to save your favourite photo or computer. All that stuff is nonsense. Fortunately we never experienced anything like fire. I now tell the girls, when you go to concerts or parties, always look at the exit strategy and who are those around you. If they are a bit crazy party, distance yourself. If someone is speeding in the car, tell them you are going to puke. Quick pull up so I can puke outside. Then get out of the car and call me 24/7 no questions. So far so good
What wonderful protection from the Lord! Do keep telling the world this testimony. Do you know the story of John Wesley: he called himself “a brand plucked from the burning” . Do look it up, it will inspire you. The Lord protected him as a child as He had great plans for him. His labours for the Lord protected us in the U.K. from a French style revolution.
God could have been A lot more Merciful If you had avoided the accident in the 1st place. Why does God always get credit when something good happen, but never blamed when bad things happen. Religion?
Any person who saves lives is a hero.
He not only saved his passengers lives but potentially 1000’s more in Manhattan
I saved a guy's life once, he was running across Time's Square away from the cops, and I didn't trip him.
Not just Manhattan. Queens also if they had tried for LaGuardia and failed that's where they would have crashed.
Aviate, navigate, communicate. Sully and Skiles checked all three boxes. Bravo!
Enjoyed the video. I've read Sully's book, and seen the movie, several times. Sully did a masterful job of flying, he did his job. One thing that neither you, nor the movie mentioned was that Sully was a glider pilot, with many hours of glider flying 'under his belt'. Cactus 1549 was a big, heavy glider.
Not just a glider pilot. He was a glider instructor when he attended the Air Force Academy. That experience helped him that day.
he switched from one mindset to another
"Little did they know they would get a much closer view of the Hudson" 🤣🤣 very nice, sir.
Capt Sullenberger was doing his job and he is a hero, as was EVERYONE who assisted with this miraculous outcome.
Excellent presentation.
He did his job vary well and the people on that flight were lucky to have him instead of a Rooky flying that Plane. it ticks Me off when some one tries to blame the pilot who has seconds to make a decision, For these couch professionals to try to find fault with the way He handled the problem. He saved a bunch of lives what more do they want!
Don't forget the FO Jeff skiles.
This is one pilot with whom I will allow my children to fly with him. Being a pilot I can say he did an absolute excellet job. Keeping the plane on top of the water and minumum injuries and no fatalities all honor must go to Sully. a Living example of a quality pilot where 99.9% people would go into a panic attac and he stayed calm, made quick decisions that paid off all as a success. Kudo's Captain Sully...!!!
Both Sully and Skyles did a marvelous job. they are both heroes because this situation went way over their normal everyday job and training. They kept calm at all times and worked perfectly well together even though it was the first time they met. The humbleness of skyles also plays a good part because he was also a ranked captain but at that point accepted his position and handed the plane over without discussion to Sully as he was instructed. So for me all they way the situation was handled THEY ARE HEROES.
I watched 40 seconds of this video, paused, watched the whole sully movie then got back to this video lmao
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No one has given credit to the amazing Airbus aircraft. The aircraft systems took over and allowed the pilot to concentrate on looking for a landing zone. It then stopped the pilot from crashing into the Hudson by overriding his inputs. It then stayed afloat, if the ditching procedure had been carried out correctly, no water would have entered the aircraft. The American pilots union stopped Sully from praising the Airbus, being pro Boeing.
The pilots did an amazing job under terrifying stress. But credit where it is due. The magnificent A320 saved everyone’s life that day.
His comment "shocking and startling" is absolutely correct, along with a somewhat gut-wrenching feeling. At about 8500 ft near Amarillo, the engine in a Bonanza I had just purchased near Tulsa went silent. In the new to me plane, I had inadvertently set the fuel valve wrong and had managed to pump one tank completely dry while overflowing the other tank and spraying the Oklahoma countryside with my expensive fuel. Managed to set fuel valve and restart before it got drastic. Flew to Herford & refueled. This was in 1986 and as vivid in my memory as if it happened yesterday.
oh boy, I bet you never made that mistake again thereafter 😄 Glad you lived to tell the tale!
We all make mistakes. I once was flying into a GA self reported airport and called out my final 20 but was actually 02. Really confused me looking at my heading, but then again, I'm a bit dyslectic anyhow.
@@AirspaceVideos He survived because he is not a doctor. (Old "V tail", Bonanza saying)
Still flying Fred?
@@jcheck6 No, I've been retired for a number of years now. Just kicked back at age 82 & living the life of leisure in the Philippines with my Filipina.
Sully is a real hero, he knew he had to slow the A320 down before it hit the Hudson, not only putting the slats out but using the rear fuselage to touch the water first to slow down before letting the engines touch or else it would have flipped. What a hero.
These 2 pilots are bosses! Nerves of steel. Great flight attendants getting evac underway before captain could give the order. Many heroes that day!
Not long after the incident, a video animation circulated with the actual cockpit voice recording in sync with the flight data. It is amazing how short the time was. The movie does a good job of recreating that. The crew's skill and calm is confirmed by the result, no casualities and no loss of bladder control. Great job, great result. God was in the jump seat right behind Captain Sullenberger.
I had the privilige of being one of Sullenbergers T-38 flight simulator instructors while he was in UPT in the Air Force in 1975. I always remembered his somewhat unusual name. He was one of the few graduating stufents in the mid 70s to get selected to go straight into fighters, which was a bit hard to do then since the USAF was still full of experienced fighter pilots and was drawing down after Viet Nam. I seriously doubt my rides in the simulator with him contributed to his landing in the Hudson though!
Every microsecond of training and experience add to one's ability to manage and properly respond to a dire emergency.
Sullenberger is for me the hero. Calm, and professionalism
His calm demeanor and flying experience!!!
The flight attendants did their jobs very well also and should not be overlooked. Among other things, they made a quick evacuation possible, prevented passengers from opening submerged exits in rear of plane, prevented passengers from trying to take baggage with them, kept people calm, directed them to front exits, etc. Without them, people would have died. Flight attendants are life guards much more so than in a swimming pool, and should be afforded extreme cooperation and respect by all passengers.
This was an example of outstanding airmanship by Sully and his first officer. Calm, quick decision-making - switching on the APU, deciding on the Hudson and landing the plane in such a way that everyone survived. They are definitely heroes, alongside the less known people who helped turn tragedy into triumph. An excellent video - thank you.
Another great video!
Sullenberger is just a guy who handled a literally outside-the-book situation with maximum professionalism and great judgement. The situation required, and Sullenberger exhibited, peak competence. So yeah. 1000% hero.
I talked to Jeff Skiles several years ago at EAA in Oshkosh. He told me that Sully never give up command of that flight until he knew every person on board was safe. Having been told that I must remind all of us the there was a crew on that flight which included the Captain, a First Officer and the Flight Attendants who all did their part in getting the passengers to safety. We should also include the passengers themselves as they followed the orders of the crew and also helped by holding the door open and treating the injured flight attendant. It was a team effort that saved the crew and passengers of this flight.
Capt Sully is a LEGEND... and is rightly celebrated for what he did that day, and since!
Sully was that type of quietly confident professional who was in the right place at the right time. Many pilots like Sully fly their entire career without ever REALLY being tested by potentially disastrous circumstances.
As the old adage says "Luck favors the prepared." Captain Sulllenberger's experience in general avialtion and sailplanes greatly added to the possibility of success. His cool hand and focus enabled a positive outcome to be snatched from the jaws of a catastrophic crash possibility. Was it a miracle? You bet your sweet bippy it was!
I'd still put 50/50 on Airbus and Sully, as with a Boeing (737 anyway) ditching like an Airbus does (or landing in a corn field like Ural Airlines A321) would've required a much greater Sully (or Yusupov)..
I could not agree with you more. Luck? Seems somewhat insulting.
@@rkan2 I'd put it at 70/30 between sully and airbus but I absolutely agree that the airbus Alpha Floor (meaning stall) protection is really really good in gliding situations
@@dew9103 I still say 50 because without realizing to put the APU on the computers would have been dead weight.
@@rkan2 yea I mean sully 70 and airbus 30
Sully and Co-Pilot were absolutely heros on that day. They did everything right. Everyone survived! Alot of people don't know, but Sully' early experience was in gliders. Experience that without a doubt aided to the successful landing that afternoon. Very good video.
As an Aussie, it always makes me smile when I hear the callsign "Cactus". Here in Australia, cactus is slang for something that is broken beyond repair. EG: "That broken chair is cactus." In other words, it can't be fixed. Just like this flight couldn't be fixed. Such an amazing and inspiring story. If it was fiction no-one would believe it could ever happen.
Cactus was also the name of the airfield on Guadalcanal during WW2.
In Ireland (I am in Canada, though) the word for something broken (like my heart lol) is banjaxed. "Pat, that water pump is banjaxed !"
As a student pilot , this is probably the greatest display of flying and aircraft knowledge. All praise of sully, Jeff and crew
Get some floatplane lessons. It improves your attitude, and your landings.
Sully was a pilot with military experience, USAF I believe. I think his training in the handling of all sorts of emergencies as is normal with Navy and Air Force air crews helped him a great deal.
Sully was both a hero and a person who just did their job to the best of their abilities. When faced with a completely unknown situation that he had not trained for, he followed his intuition and training, worked with his copilot to try and achieve the best outcome for the most people, all the while never giving up. Thank goodness it had the best outcome possible in any crash of an aircraft: Survival.
This is one of my favorite 'hero' stories ever, especially regard to aviation, in which many situations usually turn tragic in these horrendous moments of 'something going horribly wrong with the airplane.' Sully and Mr. Skiles did an outstanding, marvellous, fantastic job whilst under such incredibly life-threatening danger. I have no idea how they managed to keep as calm as they did actually. I thought it was absolutely the right decision considering Captain Sully had mere 'seconds' to decide not to try to land the plane at one of the other airports (Laguardia or Teterboro) because of the high risk of crashing into densely populated areas. Not only was Sully thinking of saving his current group of passengers, but he was cognizant of the possible outcome of landing in city traffic and pedestrian areas at the other possible landing sites. This, in my opinion, illustrates that Sully never let go of his calm demeanor, and his ability to think logically about minimizing the casualties as they were hurtling down toward the water. I think this was extraordinary brilliance in the face of disaster, and is very rare. Perhaps Sully is just one of those amazing people in the world who could pull this off and come out with EVERYONE on board surviving! It is truly a miracle indeed, and there are 155 passengers carrying on with their lives and families because of Sully and Skiles diligence in bringing that plane down as safely as possible considering the circumstances.. Bravo... by the way...I teach English to Turkish students in Istanbul, and many times I have used this story as a listening exercise because it is fascinating and awe-inspiring to hear Sully talk about how this all happened. My students think he is pretty awesome too!
I think this was one of the greatest piloting achievements which the general public are aware of ever. I sense from your comments that the NTSB did not go after Sully in quite the way depicted in the film. A great example of there are times in life when you have to throw the manual out of the window and turn to common sense.
At the end of the day, the outcome was a combination of excellent airmanship, praiseworthy aircraft techincals, relatively-favorable atmospheric conditions, great ATC, and a wonderfully well-coordinated crew. This truly was The Miracle On The Hudson. Anyways... wonderful content as always, mate. Keep up the great effort! Favorable winds and CAVOK to you.
He is both a man who did his duties professionally and a hero.
Having learned to fly I find Sully to be a hero and I am amazed by his coolness under such pressure. As a retired ICU nurse I know what it is like to have the responsibility of persons life in your care. There are many heroes in society and just like Sully said, he was doing his job, and so are they.
The unsung hero is the Airbus electronics which didn't allow the plane to stall. Capt Sully was smart in starting the APU to keep the computer operating. The electricity from the RAT (Ram Air Turbine) would have severely limited his flight controls and computer abilities.
Plus ton's of drag.
Absolutely - Sully almost only had to pull back on the stick (sans flare mode).. That was pretty much the only relevant "flying" choice he made but obviously the most crucial one. Ditching after that was the only option.
@@aaronramsdell2677 What does drag have to so with anything? It is not trivial to ditch/land an aircraft at the lowest possible energy without FBW. Stalling at low speeds is so easy.
@@rkan2 He also had to keep the plane absolutely level as he touched the water. If one of the engines dipped into the water before the other, it would have been quite an upset.
@@halnwheels Bingo, you get the prize.
I have often thought that for People working in New York to see a aircraft so low to the ground would be terrifying given what happened on 9/11.
Sullly did a great thing and kept his cool in a stressful situation. Well done to him, all the crew and rescuers.
I don't live in New York, but I do remember thinking that it was another 9/11. Spot on
Awesome footnote to an amazing pilot and his plane. The world needs more people like your brother who jump in and help rather than being bystanders.
The voice of the narrator of this video reminds me of the first pilots I ever met. They were part of the ENJJPT program at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. From across Europe and America they were all different. United in the feeling that flying was the greatest thing they could be allowed to do for a living. Accepted with that joy was the knowledge that they were responsibile for the lives affected by their flight decisions (and the need to minimize any collateral damage). Over my 30 year career I've met pilots who flew gliders, props, rotors and jets from WWII to present day, military and commercial. One a former prisoner of war, another a leukemia donor; war stories, rescue stories, near misses and hits. All told with an enthusiasm, a hidden spark that they shared. It was an honor to get to know them. I look up and smile when I see an airplane. Because I know the caliber of people in the cockpit.
There was a very short amount of time to make decisions. All aviation incidents are unusual circumstances. Every disaster throws up new data on how incidents happen, and the learning helps future pilots deal with these incidents. This was a totally new situation that had never occurred before! There was not an applicable procedure. In this situation it is entirely don to the skill and experience of the pilot to save as many souls as possible. Capt. Sullenberger could not have saved more than 100%, which he achieved. There are no questions as to whether he did the right thing. He did the right thing!
The incident has been a learning experience for the industry.
In my opinion how he managed to water land without ripping that plane apart is remarkable. There is no question. He is a hero to everyone that survived the incident, to any of us that ever trust our lives to a pilot, to the industry and all other pilots. and to the history of aviation.
Sully and Jeff did their jobs - fly the airplane, run the checklist. The heroic part is thinking through the problem quickly enough to do something that was not on the checklist - start the APU. That made a huge difference in the handling of the aircraft. I think it is very cool that this has now been added to the checklist.
I have experimented with the "turn back to the airport" idea in a small plane. It is hard to get the turn rate and pitch right. I cannot imagine doing it in an A320.
He is a hero in my book. He kept his composure and made many right decisions when he had very little time and during a crisis.
Sullenberger is a hero who did his job in the right way, at the right time, in the right aircraft.
Excellent analysis, and the first I've heard that stresses the element of luck in this "miracle". I think even Sully would tell you, he's no "hero", he just did his job well!
Simply Amazing....WOW.......Capt Sully will always be a hero. I grew up jogging and back riding by the Hudson River and nearly 10 blocks south of the George Washington Bridge. I get goosebumps watching this phenomenal story and the chills don't stop coming. For always be thankful for the his quick timing and communication between Sully and the Air traffic controller. GOD BLESSED SULLY AND THE CONTROLLER...
What everyone fails to note is that Sullenberger had over 3,000 hours IN GLIDERS in his log book at the time of the accident. If you really want to know how to fly, learn to fly a glider.
Anybody who does this with nobody lost is a hero by any standard. There was a lot of luck and a lot of skill. All those people are hopefully alive now and they survived due to Sully and the copilot. Thank you.
Love how our thought process is first to place blame on human error instead of the cause. The would’ve,could’ve and should have “after” the fact is always starkly different than the actual event.
The guy is a hero. Simple
A "Hero"?? How else can one feel about the duty & piloting performed! Truly an amazing story. Being a pilot myself, it is especially riveting! Thank you to Captain Sullenberger and, the rest of the crew!!
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I never cease to be moved to tears over this event. It all came together so perfectly...you only get one chance, and this one worked.
In my mind Capt. Sully is a hero because in what could easily be a panic situation he kept cool enough to make a series of correct decisions.
Scully was a hero that day. It shows experience pays off. There have been many successful failures averted by experienced flight crews.
This is why I love the smaller channels. On no other channel had I ever heard that Skiles had been a captain. Way to go!
I spent 25 years flying for TWA. It was great fun! Sully makes all airline pilots look good. 😀
He and his Crew are hero's. Sully did his job and then some, to help save the lives of his crew, Passengers that day and in the future.
The passengers and crew that day survived because of the experience and abilities of pilots, captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger and first officer Jeff Skiles.
As someone who works in aviation sully is a hero I remember the day when that happened
I still like to come back and visit this story from time to time. What an amazing story with equally amazing people at it's core.
I do the same. I just find the whole story fascinating
I think that everyone survived because of rescuers being in the right place at the right time. Captain Skully and Skiles performed the best they could given the circumstances.
Captain Sully was a man that just did his job - but that’s what makes heroes. He didn’t freeze up. He didn’t panic. He didn’t give up. He did his job until the plane was down - and then he continued to do his job.
Sully showed that he is a good pilot and luck was on his side! congrat Sully!
The funniest thing was to learn that three of the passengers, once rescued, made their way back to the airport to get another plane to their destination!
Sully was the Captain of a flight I took years earlier. I'm glad it wasn't Cactus 1549. Knowing me, I probably would have tried to jump into the Hudson and swim to shore, not realizing just how cold the water was.
Nicely done. Only to add that any man or woman whose job it is to get people safely from one place to another is doing their job, though when things go very wrong and they still can save the lives of all or even many of those onboard, they are also heroes. Thank you for this comprehensive overview of the Miracle on the Hudson story. 👍
Excellent comment