Today, America and the world have a new hero. 57-year-old US Airways pilot and former military man Chesley Sullenberger saved one and a half hundred lives in just a few seconds and forever inscribed his name in aviation history.

What Sullenberger accomplished sounds almost like science fiction. After the failure of both engines, he made the only right decision and took a large passenger A-320 onto the water of the Hudson River, practically in the middle of New York. He landed it in such a way that all passengers and crew survived. Footage from the scene of the accident, which, thanks to the pilot, did not become a disaster, is now shown on all world television channels.

NTV correspondent in New York Alexey Veselovsky restored the chronology of events.

In America, the rescue of passengers on US Airways flight No. 1549, which the pilots landed in the Hudson River, was called a real miracle in America. The case is truly unique. The airliner with non-working engines was landed on the water without killing a single person.

An Airbus A-320 with 150 passengers and five crew members on board took off from New York's LaGuardia Airport on North Carolina. He was still gaining altitude and was over Manhattan when he suddenly crashed into a flock of birds. Both aircraft engines failed within seconds.

Karl Bazarian, plane passenger: “When the popping noises were heard, we thought it was impossible for two engines to fail at once. And we decided that we were turning around to go back to LaGuardia. And then someone said: “Oh my God, this guy is falling into the river!” And then we began to descend sharply, the pilot said: “Get ready for impact.”

The ship's commander makes the only right decision - to land on the water. The Hudson stretches like a ribbon under the Airbus. The plane is losing speed, there are densely populated areas below, you can’t make it to the airport. Amateur photographs taken seconds before the plane fell into the water show that the airbus lands at a high angle of attack. This means the pilots slowed down to the maximum possible speed.

Jeff Kolodzey, passenger: “It was very scary. Then there was a strong blow, people were covered in blood. Where I was getting out from, a woman cut her leg badly. Everyone’s heads were broken, but the pilot, of course, saved us.”

A-320 landed on the water near 46th Street near the ferry crossing between New York and New Jersey. It is unknown whether the ship’s commander deliberately chose this point or not, but thanks to the proximity of the crossing, the passengers were saved within minutes after the fall, while the plane somehow stayed afloat. Tourist ships and rescue boats surrounded the airbus almost instantly.

Help came so quickly that some passengers literally got away with it. Many did not even have time to freeze, although the temperature in New York was minus six degrees, and even with the wind. Almost everyone has minor bruises and abrasions. Several fractures. Only a few of the 150 passengers went to hospitals, and everyone thanked the pilot for the miraculous rescue.

Brad Wentzell, plane passenger: “This pilot, this man, we have to give him credit. Because of him, my daughter will still have a dad, and my wife will still have a husband.”

The commander of the ship that saved flight 1549 is named Chesley Sullenberger. A former military pilot, his flying experience spans 40 years. 28 of them he works for US Airways. And only thanks to him and a whole chain of unique coincidences, the miracle on the Hudson became possible.

From 1998 to 2004, 56 thousand cases of aircraft collisions with birds were recorded in the United States alone. During testing, the engines are deliberately bombarded with chicken and duck carcasses, and they continue to work. Obviously, this time the airbus collided with larger individuals, they say about a flock of wild geese. Moreover, it is also unique that the birds disabled two aircraft engines at once.

It was lucky that everything happened during the day and the weather was clear. It would be almost impossible to land the plane on the water at night. And most importantly, the work of the pilots, who approached the water at very low speed and without heeling. Only thanks to this, the fuselage of the Airbus did not collapse upon impact, and all the people remained alive. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the ship's commander a hero.

Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York. “I talked to the commander for a long time. He walked through the plane twice after everyone had evacuated, just to make sure no one was left on board. In my opinion, the pilot did an incredible job.”

The Federal Aviation Commission is now preparing an official report on the causes of the accident. Inspectors inspect the engines of an Airbus that was tethered to an embankment in Lower Manhattan after being dragged by currents for several miles.

Experienced Russian pilots confirm that the American pilot really showed miracles of professionalism. Landing on water is an extremely difficult maneuver, especially for aircraft with engines located under the wing.

Igor Chalik, commander of the A-320 squad of Aeroflot airlines: “When landing on water, if done carelessly, the lower edges of the engine cling to the water first, a large diving moment occurs, and the plane can go under water. The pilot's task in this unusual situation is to reduce the speed to a minimum and sit first on the rear of the fuselage, and then slowly lower the nose, compensating for this diving moment.

This is a very rare case, and in the entire history of civil aviation I can remember 34 cases when landings were made in this way. There would have to be a very serious failure so that pilots would not be able to land either at the airfield or on the ground.”

The most famous happened in 1968 in Leningrad. Then the passenger Tu-124, flying from Tallinn, jammed its landing gear, and then ran out of fuel. The pilots had no choice but to land the plane on the Neva. No harm done. The crew commander was initially fired, but then awarded an order.

In the same year, a similar thing happened in America. The pilot of a Japan Airlines DC-8 lost its course and successfully landed on the water surface near San Francisco airport.

The only case when splashdown passenger airliner managed to film it, this is 1996, Comoros. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing was hijacked by terrorists. When the tanks ran out of fuel, the pilots tried to land the plane on the water. It ended in failure - 127 people died.

This event will certainly go down in aviation history; it will teach young American pilots and test the knowledge of current flight personnel.

As it should be in Hollywood films, this story has a main character - a former military pilot, 57-year-old pilot Chesley Sullenberger, nicknamed Sully. And a worthy happy ending - after the plane he was flying landed on the water, all 150 passengers were saved.

Moreover, the pilot was the last to leave the board, as befits a sea captain. He inspected the plane twice to make sure once again that people had left the sinking airship.

The American media reproduced the chronicle of the flight incident. At 15:26 local time, the Airbus A-320 took off from New York's LaGuardia Airport. But he didn’t have time to reach the desired altitude. Having risen to approximately 800 meters, 30-45 seconds after takeoff, the pilot reported an emergency situation - a collision of the plane with at least two birds. Passengers will learn about this later - already on the ground. Those who were in the cabin, crushed by seat belts, looking out the windows with curiosity, described what happened in the same way - “something loudly knocked, the plane staggered, and a burning smell appeared.”

It’s hard to imagine what people experienced when they realized that the plane taking off began to suddenly lose altitude. Everyone understood that something was happening and it was not turbulence. Some passengers sitting closer to the rear saw flames escaping from the engines and starting to smoke. It became unusually quiet. The words “fasten your seat belts” continued to light up on the board. At this critical moment, the pilot reported an upcoming landing on water. The pilot warned passengers of a possible "strong impact."

What happened in the cockpit became known from the transcript of the recordings of Sally’s conversations with the control tower. The crew initially requested to land at the departure airport. However, it quickly became clear that a return was impossible. Then it was decided to hold out until the nearest runway in New York's neighboring state of New Jersey. But after about three minutes of flight, the pilot transmitted to the ground that he would not be able to keep the car in the air. Then the idea arose to land the plane on the only open area of ​​suitable size - in a park located along the route of the plane. But the control center found out that the risk was too great, since repair work was underway in the park. The last chance to save the passengers was to land on water in the Hudson River, separating Manhattan from New Jersey. This decision was forced and, according to experts, very difficult.

“The huge difficulty is that the airbus that Sally piloted has engines located under the wings. When landing on water, he had to make sure that the engines did not touch the water. Otherwise, the airliner would simply bury its nose in the water. Therefore, the pilot had to do “everything to glide along the surface of the water for as long as possible, keeping the nose of the plane above the surface,” professional pilots explain the intricacies of landing in the Hudson.

Another serious danger was posed by ships that the Airbus could collide with. Low water temperatures - currently minus five degrees in the Hudson - and strong currents made the situation worse. It is not surprising that, upon learning of the successful landing, New York State Governor David Paterson angrily called the incident a “miracle over the Hudson.”

However, there is one detail that Americans hardly remember today. About the panic that arose in Manhattan when people saw the airliner falling onto the skyscrapers. About the rumors that appeared in the first hours after the disaster about a possible “Arab trace” in this incident. However, the authorities reacted quickly, informing the population that terrorists had nothing to do with this case.

Everything further is well known. Passengers climbed onto the wing of the plane while waiting for rescuers. Five people who sought medical help were taken to hospitals. According to Lorrie, the wife of pilot Sullenberger, he called her when it was all over and briefly said: “There was an accident. But it’s all over.”

Mooring from the sky

On August 21, 1963, in Leningrad, the world's first successful splashdown was made by a Soviet aircraft on a flight from Tallinn to Moscow..

Already during takeoff at Tallinn airport, the commander of the Tu-124 ship, Viktor Mostovoy, discovered that the front landing gear was jammed in a half-retracted position.

Mostovoy radioed about the problem to dispatchers. However, due to thickening fog, an emergency landing in Tallinn was prohibited. Mostovoy was asked to land the car on a spare dirt runway at the Pulkovo airfield in Leningrad, recalls Honored Pilot of the USSR Vladimir Dmitriev. - While firefighters and doctors were gathering at the site of the supposed landing of the emergency airliner, the plane was circling over the city at an altitude of 400 meters, running out of fuel reserves of up to one ton. Mostovoy received this order from the flight director of Pulkovo Airport, Georgy Narbut. Each lap took 15 minutes.

On the seventh lap, the flight mechanic reported to Mostovoy about the fuel supply, which remained in excess of what was required according to the instructions. And landing in violation of the rules with a reserve of at least 1200-1300 kilograms of fuel threatened the passengers with death. “I’m going for one more circle,” the ship’s commander radioed to the ground. He had no idea that the plane's fuel gauges were faulty. When there were 21 kilometers left to the airport, the fuel supply was exhausted: the left engine of the plane stopped.

To reduce the distance to the airfield, the crew decided to fly over the historical center of the city. However, flying over the “headquarters of the revolution” - Smolny, the second engine also failed. Fortunately, the Neva was below,” says Dmitriev. “Vitya, get on the water,” Vasily Chechenov, the co-pilot, a former hydropilot, shouted to his comrade.

And then Mostovoy made the only correct decision in the current situation: to land the plane on the surface of the water - between the Bolsheokhtinsky and Finlyandsky bridges. To avoid panic, the ship's 27-year-old commander ordered crew members to distract passengers with conversations. While Mostovoi was gliding over the water surface in a heavy car without fuel, the stewards told passengers about the weather in the city on the Neva.

The plane flew a couple of meters above the Alexander Nevsky Bridge, which was still under construction at that time. The workers standing on complex metal structures then fell into the water in horror, recalls Nadezhda Stepankova, an eyewitness to the events. - A few tens of meters from the Finland Bridge, the plane plopped into the river.

The passengers were happy. But their joy was premature. During landing, the Tu-124 received a significant hole and almost immediately began to take on water. Only thanks to the actions of Yuri Porshin, the captain of the tug, who hooked a metal cable onto the pilots’ wheel and towed aircraft to the shore, the plane did not sink to a depth of 13 meters.

It was “moored” to the pier of the Severny Press plant in such a way that one of the wings lay on land, forming a gangway, Stepankova recalls. - Passengers with children came out first, followed by women, men with things and the crew. The aircraft commander was the last to land. He was very calm, but completely gray.

Reward or punish? - this question arose before the Main Directorate of the Civil Air Fleet of the USSR immediately after the accident.

Viktor Mostovoy was expelled from the Tallinn air squad, as they said, for sloppiness. Allegedly due to his fault, the Tu-124 with passengers on board initially almost crashed onto historical Center city, and then almost sank,” continues Vladimir Dmitriev. - Only after the scandal reached the Central Committee of the CPSU, and the heroism of the pilot became known in the West, Mostovoy was awarded the Order of the Red Star, and his crew members were awarded medals.

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The most amazing landings

July 17, 1972. Moscow. The Tu-134 aircraft of the State Research Institute of Civil Aviation performed test flights from the Sheremetyevo airfield. During landing, two engines failed simultaneously. The commander landed the aircraft on the water surface of the canal. Moscow. No harm done.

August 12, 1997. Thessaloniki. The Boeing 727-230 aircraft of the Greek airline Olympic Airways was operating a local passenger flight from Athens to Thessaloniki. The plane was piloted by very experienced pilots (both commanders aircraft taken from other flights for this flight). The weather at the destination airport was extremely difficult: thunderstorm, wind gusts at the ground up to 28 knots, heavy clouds, and rain. The plane landed with a significant overshoot: having flown over the first third of the runway, it rolled off the runway. The nose of the plane hung over the coastline Mediterranean Sea. The plane suffered significant damage. The crew and passengers - 35 people - survived.

November 23, 1996. Comoros Islands. The Boeing 767-260ER aircraft of the Ethiopian airline Ethiopian Airlines was operating an international passenger flight from Addis Ababa and was heading to Abidjan. Soon after entering air space In Kenya, three terrorists hijacked a plane and demanded to fly to Australia. On approach to the Comoros, the plane ran out of fuel and the engines stopped. The pilots attempted a controlled landing on the water in closed shallow water 500 meters from Le Galava beach. However, the left engine and wingtip hit the water and the aircraft was destroyed. Of the 175 people on board, 125 died.

March 22, 1998. Philippines. Philippine Airlines' newest A320-214 aircraft was operating a local passenger flight from Manila Airport to Bacolod Airport. The plane took off with the first engine's reverse thrust deactivated. The flight went well. But during landing, due to asymmetric thrust, the plane drifted onto the right side of the runway. The plane collided with the airport fence and stopped in a small river. Luckily, none of the 130 people on board were injured. The plane could not be restored.

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Reality:
The date January 15, 2009 and flight 1549 New York - Charlotte - Seattle will forever go down in the history of world aviation. A minute and a half after takeoff, the US Airways Airbus A320 collided with a flock of geese, causing both engines to fail almost instantly. It was possible to avoid a disaster with 155 victims only thanks to the highest professionalism of the crew, who splashed down the multi-ton aircraft on the waters of the Hudson River. All passengers and crew members were saved, there were no casualties or serious injuries.

Movie:
In 2016, a film called “Miracle on the Hudson” was released, directed by Clint Eastwood, and Tom Hanks brilliantly played the main role of pilot Chesley Sullenberger. “Miracle on the Hudson” tells in detail about the incident and the heroic deeds of the crew.

At first, questions may arise: how can a full-fledged feature film be made from a flight that lasted only five minutes from takeoff to splashdown? The main part of the film is occupied by the post-flight investigation, where the incident is analyzed piece by piece. Gray-haired Tom Hanks looks very convincing and makes you relive not only the accident itself, but also subsequent attempts to blame the pilots for what happened.

The film is similar to a documentary, there are no discrepancies with real events. This is exactly the case when a real story turns out to be more interesting than fictional plots.

I, of course, am an aviation enthusiast, so, like many of my friends, I can watch this film and every time admire the well-coordinated work of the crew and the endurance of the captain.

In my opinion, we don’t have enough films that teach the best human qualities through the example of real people. Although there are attempts, in one of the parts of “Yolok” there is a plot about the heroic landing of the Tu-154 of the Alrosa airlines on an abandoned airfield in the taiga. We managed to save both the plane and the people. The legendary plane, by the way, is still flying. He can often be seen at Domodedovo Airport.

Book:
After watching the movie I wanted to read the book. And here a pleasant surprise awaited me.

I had no idea that the book would be even more interesting than the film. If the movie tells about the incident and the events that followed it, then the book tells in detail the path of becoming a pilot from a five-year-old boy to that very flight. The film did not fit many of the storylines and scenes detailed in the book. Chesley Sullenberger made his first solo flight at the age of sixteen, then served as a military pilot. Throughout his life, the pilot paid great attention to flight safety. Sullenberger's entire career led him to the point that, thanks to his professionalism, knowledge and experience, he was able to avoid the worst at the most critical hour.

It is very important that the book deals not only with aviation. There are relationships with loved ones, mutual assistance, and general discussions about life from the pilot’s point of view. This allows us to better understand and follow Chesley's path. The book is one of those that is read in one breath, makes you think and feel. The technical details are in no way overwhelming, but all relevant details are included. Separately at the end of the book, in the appendices, there is a flight diagram and a transcript of the flight recorder recording. These dry documents once again remind us that history actually happened.

The book version of “Miracle on the Hudson” does not duplicate, but complements the film adaptation, revealing the biography of a purposeful living person, with his own difficulties and problems.

My rating: definitely 5/5!

On September 8, Clint Eastwood’s film “Miracle on the Hudson,” a drama based on real events about the phenomenal pilot Chesley Sullenberger, played by Tom Hanks, will be released in Russia. In January 2009, Sullenberger landed an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River after both engines failed. On the eve of the premiere, Gazeta.Ru spoke with Sullenberger.

— How do you evaluate the work of Tom Hanks?

“I think it’s an excellent job, and not only because the resemblance was achieved. It was obvious to me that, in preparation for the role, he watched a lot of documentary material, listened to audio recordings, and watched interviews that I gave. He is one of those who views acting as a technology, treats roles very painstakingly, and this made it possible to make the hero as alive as possible. He physically, mentally and emotionally embraced the role. Tom told me how difficult it was for him to evaluate his performance from the outside, but he managed to capture and convey the tension and drama both at the moment of landing on the water and during the investigation (which was carried out by the Transport Safety Commission. - Gazeta.Ru).

Chesley Sullenberger

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— When Clint Eastwood decided to make a film about this story, how did you react?

— The producers offered to turn my book “The Highest Duty” into a screenplay in 2010. However, time passed before Clint Eastwood liked this script and he began filming the film. When it became known that Clint was doing this, I was very happy - it was worth the wait to find a director who would bring this story to life in a worthy way.

— How do you feel about the fact that, despite the heroism you showed, you actually ended up on trial?

- Of course, it was a difficult situation.

I think that the commission was trying to get to the bottom of the truth, whatever it may be, without caring too much about my professional reputation, and the rest of the defendants each pursued their own goals.

For many, I could become a scapegoat. But I had no concern that I would be found guilty of what happened. My only concern was whether I had really assessed the situation correctly and whether I had made the right choice.

- Sorry, but I can’t help but ask how you managed to react so quickly in that extreme situation?

“I was the person who was responsible, I was the commander of the ship. My position was called “aircraft commander.” So I took action immediately, even though it was a situation we had never encountered. In addition, these training simulators of ours do not teach how to land on water. The only training we received on water landings was a theoretical discussion at flight school. And yet, for the first time in history, we landed a plane on water and did it correctly in just 209 seconds. At the same time, I was absolutely sure that I could do it. It never occurred to me that I would die that day. I didn't think that I couldn't win. However, I did not know how hard the landing would be or how long the plane could stay on the water.

But I managed to land so that rescuers could arrive as quickly as possible - this was a decisive factor on such a cold day.

— In addition to the crew, you thanked the passengers many times, who behaved very disciplined in such terrible circumstances. How did they do it in such a stressful, deadly situation?

— Despite the fact that each person acted in his own interests, there were people who helped others. There was a woman in a wheelchair, and passengers and crew helped her and her adult daughter out. There was a family of four with two children, one of whom was nine months old, and other passengers were helping them. So it wasn’t like everyone was just for themselves. Of course, there was some shouting and jostling, but I am very proud of the way the passengers and crew behaved. Probably everything ended so well because people acted together in such a difficult situation.

— There are engineers who say that in five years there will be airplanes flying in the sky that will be controlled by autopilots, but your example shows how important the human factor is in this profession. How do you feel about this prospect?

— I think that the best systems are those that pay enough attention to both human and technical factors.

Every person and every technology has its strengths and its weaknesses, and we must give everyone their rightful role to make the entire system more resilient.

May I draw your attention to the recent speech of the head of the National Transportation Safety Board, Chris Hart, who spoke at the Association civil pilots. He remembered our case and said that today, fortunately, such a situation should not happen again - precisely thanks to technology. But at the same time, he emphasized that people are the less predictable part, but also the most adaptive. Technology can do what it was programmed to do, and humans can cope with what happens unexpectedly.

— What advice can you give to young pilots who are used to relying on technology?

“What makes a pilot successful is what I call a professional approach—discipline plus the ability to deal with distractions. It is necessary to catch mistakes before they can cause harm, and I believe this can be learned.

— “Miracle on the Hudson” will soon be shown in Russia. Would you like to come here and meet Russian pilots who will also watch the film with interest?

- Yes, sure. By the way, I had a conversation with Russian pilots a year after the 2009 story.

And one of them said that the Russians always believed that their pilots were better, but the Americans had better planes.

But after 2009, they decided to reconsider this and came to the conclusion that American pilots are no worse. I was flattered by this compliment.

Emergency landing aircraft on the Hudson, carried out on January 15, 2009, will undoubtedly go down in the history of world aviation. The feat of the American pilot, who, despite the terrible situation, was still able to save the lives of 150 passengers, will be discussed for a long time during the training of young aviation representatives.

The emergency landing of the A320 on the Hudson was made by a former American pilot, who at that time was 57 years old - Chelsea Sullenberger. The pilot really showed incredible piloting skills, because he was able to land the plane on the water after engine failure, and thereby saved the lives of everyone on board. After the fall, Chelsea made sure twice that all passengers were safely able to leave the sinking aircraft, and only after that he himself left the sinking plane.

A feature film was recently released "Miracle on the Hudson", detailing this emergency landing.

Poster for the film "Miracle on the Hudson"

After an investigation conducted by the American media, a chronicle of the air crash was recreated:

1. The A-320 took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York at 15:26, however, it failed to gain the required altitude.
2. After the airbus rose to a height of about 800 meters, which took about 40-45 seconds, a message was received from the pilot. The report said that the air transport was unable to avoid a collision with two birds.
3. Of course, everyone on board became aware of this later, after the chronicle of the investigation was published. And at the moment of the collision, people simply heard an incomprehensible knock and smelled a burning smell that began to penetrate into the cabin.

All passengers rushed to the windows, and were horrified to discover that the airbus began to rapidly lose altitude. It became clear to many that the cause of the loss of altitude was not turbulence, but some kind of emergency. Moreover, some people sitting closest to the tail of the airbus were able to see burning engines and black acrid smoke. And the alarming message on the board – “Fasten your seat belts” – continued to burn, whipping up horror and panic.

The pilot had no choice but to make a decision to make an emergency landing of the airbus, which he announced to the passengers. Because the plane's emergency landing on the Hudson River could have been "rough," to say the least, the pilot issued a message to prepare passengers for the possible impact. Everyone was ordered to take their seats in a safe position and fasten their seat belts.

Real footage taken by eyewitnesses

Pilot actions

What actions the pilot took at that moment and what generally happened in his cockpit became clear after the publication of the negotiations that the pilot conducted with the airport dispatcher:

• Having assessed the current situation, Sally, this nickname was given to the American pilot by his work colleagues, contacted the control center with a request for permission to make an emergency landing on the runway. However, the flames engulfed the airbus so quickly that it became clear that there was simply not enough time to return to the airfield;
• The second solution that the controller and pilot began to consider was to fly to the state of New Jersey to land at the nearest airport. But it only took the pilot 3 minutes to understand that the plane would not be able to stay in the air for that long, which he reported to the control center;
• In the path of the plane, a playground in the park was visible. The area was large enough for an Airbus to land and the area was completely open. Sally said that he would land the aircraft on this particular park area. But the controller did not allow the plane to land in this place, since extensive repair work was carried out in this area, using oversized equipment;
• emergency landing of the plane on water - this was the only thing left for the pilot to try to save the lives of passengers and crew.

It was this decision that was made by the hero of American aviation.

Difficulty landing on water

According to experts, do forced landing to the Hudson, which separates New Jersey from Manhattan, was very risky and extremely difficult, but there was no other way out for the crew air transport I just didn't see it. And since the plane continued to burn, a decision had to be made as soon as possible. Professional pilots have noted several difficulties in landing a plane on the Hudson:

1. The main difficulty lay in the design of the airbus, because its engines were located under the wing. This meant that Sally had to make sure they didn’t touch the water when landing. Otherwise, the plane would have gone into the water with all the people in it in a matter of seconds. To keep the engines from touching the water, the pilot had to do the almost impossible - make the massive airbus glide over the water surface for as long as possible and in no case allow the nose of the aircraft to touch the surface.
2. Collision with sea vessels. An emergency landing of the plane on the water could lead to a collision with ships that were carrying out their planned flight. But by luck, the falling airbus was able to avoid a terrible collision, since there was not a single ship or yacht in the Hudson at that moment. After the successful landing, the Governor of New York called the incident “a miracle that happened over the Hudson,” and expressed great gratitude to the pilot for his feat, saving more than 150 lives.

Still from the film "Miracle on the Hudson"

How did local residents react to the crash?

Of course, the plane crash on the Hudson caused incredible panic among the residents of Manhattan. And this is not at all surprising, because the picture of a burning plane reminds many of the actions of a terrorist organization. Some immediately attributed this incident to the act of Arab terrorists, which led to terrible panic. But we must pay tribute to the local authorities, who quickly and organizedly reassured the population, giving citizens truthful information about the incident and completely refuting the terrorists’ attitude towards the Airbus crash.

After the plane crashed on the Hudson, passengers of the A-320 could only wait for the rescuers who were called by ground services when assessing the current situation. The Airbus pilot and crew members helped all passengers leave the board and climb onto the wing of the air transport in order to quickly transfer to rescue boats. Only five people required medical attention and were immediately taken to hospital. And his wife Lorrie, Sally reported the incident after it was completed. According to his wife, Sullenberger called and said only two short phrases - “There was an accident on the way. “Everything ended well for passengers and crew.”