US Airways Flight 1549 Crew Honored For Professionalism And Courage

“We’re gonna be in the Hudson . . . . Brace for impact.” Moments after uttering those words, US Airways Flight 1549 Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger executed a dead-stick landing of an Airbus A320—on water, and without causing a single fatality among the 155 people on board. On Jan. 15, 2009...

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