I was one of many who read the amazing story of how Pilot Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III saved his 80 ton Airbus from certain disaster by landing the huge airliner in the Hudson River.
To say that was a mild job would be a huge understatement on my part and I think that not only I but many of the passengers would agree with me that if it were not for Captain Sullenberer's fine talent, many of those people would not be alive tonight.
I myself have accepted that I have had my share of flying. When we were younger we flew to Florida a few times and I enjoyed it immensely! I even fell asleep through a lot of turbulence. We had taken off from Orlando and landed in Atlanta and hubby was totally shocked that I slept through the whole thing! I'm afraid I would be a white knuckler nowadays.
Back to the passengers of Flight 1549. I was so glad to see them safe and sound and on dry land. I could only imagine what it was like while they were out there waiting to be rescued on the wing of the plane. I read plenty of articles about it, and can only give you my take on things. I know that Airbus Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport (originally bound for Charlotte, NC) and within minutes the plane hit some birds which caused both engines to fail. The pilot attempted to turn the Airbus back to LaGuardia but was unable to. He then glided the dead plane into the Hudson River. I was listening to the news and stayed up afterwards and watched a little of David Letterman and he commented that hopefully this is a great beginning to 2009!
Let's all hope so!
Cheers!
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