Sully (2016) - Plane landing on Hudson Scene

After the bird strike, the pilot was basically flying a 38 ton glider. His skill in handling the landing and debarkation was exemplary.

Wishing all pilots were like these two pilots

He is a hero among us. One that you can talk, hand shake or look up to. A true real hero that lives in our life time.

You can't crop a video right. Your editing makes a complete hash of the flow. You can't even get the captain's name right. Why are you even trying?

'what do we do darling' gets me somehow, so real

It still amazes me to this day, how someone can get something that big with so much weight, off the ground and fly thousands of miles. The people who fly those planes are all heroes in my book. Having the lives of all those people in your hands every day plus the lives of the potential accident victims on the ground would give me nightmares. That is one job I never would aspire to.

i was boarding a flight from Harrisburg, PA to Miami, FL when news of this came, within 10 minutes more than half of passengers got theirs canceled and plane was half empty when it took off.

I don’t know what would have been worse… the landing or hearing “brace brace brace heads down stay down” for 5 solid minutes

if i was a bird and my companion died i would jump the plane

Why didn’t the plane sink?

They do an amazing job when the plane comes to a stop in the river conveying the vibe shift in the passenger cabin from absolute terror to “now what?”

Co-pilot: "Do you think we should throw the 'ditch switch'?"
Sullivan: "Naaa, why bother. I don't think the Hudson's that deep..."

Error: Aircraft suddenly boat.

I watched the movie and I literally started crying. The way the baby screamed is how I would have screamed. Sully is a hero.

Brace brace brace, heads down, stay down. Its the scene i started crying like a child

One of the best movies ever made. No sleaze, no brouhaha, no brash, no trash. Up to the point, on the dot, true to the subject.....

European engineering at its best

As a boy I was in a light aircraft that got its engine knocked out (fuel starvation) after the backwash from a military jet (practicing an emergency take off) hit us. Thankfully the RAF pilot was very experienced and took me through the correct procedures. I don't think that I've ever been as scared as when he first said to adopt the crash position and then as we touched the runway he spoke the standard "Brace, Brace, Brace" - Heavens only know how these passengers felt. Hopefully the professionalism of the crew and the short time it happened in meant that they didn't have a chance to panic.

Good Lord! By the end I was breathing hard & fast heartrate.

Captain Sullenberger was a flight instructor, had numerous licenses for various aircraft including Glider aircraft.

Right man at the right place at the right time.

Sound we say that it was a successful landing or a successful rivering?

Ural Air 178
TACA 110
Air Transat 236
Cactus 1549
Air Canada 143
Garuda 421

Sully landed it it with that stupid, FOOLISH side-stick design. Now they talk about single-pilot or even 'pilot-free' jets.

Water at that speed can do terrible damage to jets, fuselage, wings engines etc They aren't built for water landings

I was there I seen it

The moustaches are the real heroes here.

I know one thing he was a damn good pilot and instead of plowing into a bunch of buildings he headed for the river heat safe quite a few people that day

my friend from new york explained how people who were there in 9/11 felt when they see another low flying plane.

it was nerve wracking

i just watched the movie - and I can see why Sullenberger did not like it. It paints the NTSB as being out to get the Pilots when nothing could be further from the truth. The NTSB people - LOVED Sullenberger. They LOVED him. He had saved them from looking at a hangar full of dead bodies - and they absolutely LOVED him.

The thing with Hollywood - is that they want to have a bad guy - and who were they going to blame? The Geese?

This is like Money Ball where they made the Manager the bad guy - which he did not appreciate since he had supported Bean in what he was doing.

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this is edited. Asshole!

A real human being and a real hero

Due to these 2 men having mustaches, now I know why I have one now myself!!!!

Harvey Dent...Can we trust him??

I don’t remember the movie or news clarifying this but birds Is vague, ducks? Canada geese? I can’t see small birds doing that much damage

Sully is a Hero. Not because he landed that plane without losing a soul, but because he trained at his craft over a lifetime to be able to land that plane without losing a soul.

I'd rather see dog shit then Kamala Harris doing a commercial!!!!!!!!!! MAGA 2024!!!!!!!

I remember well how bitter cold it was in NYC that day!

always made me think what new yorkers trhought was happerning when they saw this. a plane flying low through new york seemingly going to crash, how many thought "fuck not again!"

A miracle.

As amazing as this event was, the CGI and editing is so poor that it's unbelievable. Takes the realism right out of it. They couldn't even get the airplane sounds right. I've never heard a cockpit or cabin that quiet before. oh well, just my gripes.

Sully was cooler than a glass of ice water.

The right stuff

Chesley Sullenberger,
USAF pilot, airline pilot for decades, instructor on the A320 and experienced glider pilot.
That skill set in that cockpit on that day borders on divine intervention.

Fun fact: That plane is in the Smithsonian Air And Space Museum.