Fighter Pilot Reacts to Sully Miracle on the Hudson

Fighter pilot goes into depth on the plane that crashed in the Hudson river and what it takes to be a pilot skilled enough to make that landing happen. Sully is a film that follows the events of that day as the aircraft crash lands in the Hudson River.

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[PaulaDautremont]

My favorite line in the movie came from the Co Pilot when he was asked if would have done any thing differently. His reply was "I would have done it in July."

[greenman]

zillions of companies approaches Sully afterwards, asking him to do ads, give endorsements, etc....the ONLY ad he did, was one asking for people to support a children's hospital. He of course took NO money for that.
The man is class.

[reno]

The actor who played the air traffic controller never gets the accolades he deserves. He really made his performance believable.

[laural]

Sully was a former fighter pilot. I always felt safe flying back in the day knowing most of the commercial pilots were former military.

[Dark-Poett]

I was in this movie as one of the passengers. They matched all the real passengers with actors that looked similar to who was on the plane. It was filmed at universal studio lot in a pool with a giant blue screen and the plane was on a gimble that was under the water so it sink and be above water as well. Only the outside scenes was filmed in NY and the close up of us on the wing was done in studio. You can see me on the trailer when the flight attendant was walking the middle of the isle im on the left.

[nickchoporis]

Two comments:
1) FO was NOT distracted when Sully told him to lower flaps. He was busy running through situational checklist, as he is supposed to be. That is NOT a mark against the FO. He was spot on his duty.
2) Sully asking the FO for any ideas right before impact is not the sign of some macho fighter jock getting his ego on, it is a sign of a great crew chief displaying proper cockpit resource management by involving everyone present at the emergency. Way too many crashes have been caused by junior officers being unable/unwilling to voice an opinion that may have helped a situation(e. g. 2 B747s crash at Tenerife)

[jakedavies]

They actually put other pilots into a flight simulator in flight school, and no other pilot could actually land the way Sulli did

[ariadnew]

I recommend listening to the real ATC audio, so much respect for the ATC. He did everything he could to get Sully a place he could land, and called in the cavalry once he realized he was going into the water. Incredibly intense, and it really messed the poor guy up.

[John_Morrison]

You can count on one finger the number of large commercial airline ditchings in water, where a lot of people didn’t die. Sully was the right guy, with the right skill set, and the right mind set to make what really is pretty much impossible happen. He truly epitomizes the “right stuff” and exemplifies what it is to be a great man on this sorry ass round piece of dirt.

[patheddles]

Huge respect to Sully, seriously. Sure we can nitpick when we have the luxury of unlimited time and all the information, but ultimately he gave us a masterclass in decision-making under extreme pressure.

Any time stuff goes significantly wrong, I subscribe very much to this metric: "Any landing you walk away from is a good landing, and if you can use the plane again then it's a great landing". That makes this a good landing, which is incredible under the circumstances.

And the other way to look at it: everyone on board was dead-with-extra-steps from the moment the birds killed both engines. Every single survivor was a victory over death - from where I sit, 100% survival was a flawless victory. Can't remember the details offhand, but I'm very much thinking of that one airliner crash where everyone should have died but actually a couple hundred survived (and only a few dozen died).

[buffewo]

Howdy from someone that flew something with more engines than the Thunderbirds do at an airshow...
The best ATC "Bad-ish Day" interaction I ever had was flying out of Minot AFB about two decades ago. We had a split flaps condition, and asked for room straight ahead to work the issue.
Their response?
"You are cleared to wander aimlessly within the confines of North Dakota."
If memory serves, it took her about 10-15 seconds to do make it happen. She even gave the Canadians a heads up that we might need some of their airspace if things got worse. Much love to that Controller, where ever she is now.

[larrystuder]

I saw Sully do an interview somewhere. The host asked him how he felt he did. He said that the standasd he was taught was that any landing without property damage was satisfactory, and that, by that standard, he failed. Disaster happened, he got down without fatalities, but he wrecked the airplane, so it wadn't good enough.. That's an attitude.

[edmain]

As a professional commercial driving instructor I teach that when things go wrong to avoid the cascade effect and remain calm. Sully and Skiies both were as relaxed as if this was almost a normal 'milk run'. When you panic that when everything hits the fan.

[XeonAlpha]

One of the biggest problems is that they hit a flock of geese weighing 7-15lbs each where even the most modern turbofan engine will struggle to shake off the impact. Hitting a flock of sparrows or pigeons at less than a half a pound those engines would just burp and be like “anyone up for fried pigeon?”

[transscribe]

my cousin was a reporter at the daily news back then and she was nearby when this happened and got sent over to cover it. she said it was one of the most memorable stories she's ever covered as a reporter.

[mugsnvicki]

Another similar event was in 1983 when an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel and was glided to a safe landing at a former air field. The pilot was an experienced glider pilot. See the Gimli Glider.

[studuerson]

Sully did great. The crew of the Gimli Glider did great. But the be-all is still Al Haynes, captain on the DC-10 that crashed in Sioux City after total hydraulic failure. The MD-11 had the same hydraulic system with a reservoir redundancy thrown in that was pure eyewash for the fix. All of us in the plane would get the Haynes scenario in sim, and after the 2 of us got it as far as the runway, I bounced it 50ft in the air when I wiped the power (the same, and only mistake Haynes made) the instructor froze the sim and slid forward. I thought I was toast, but the instructor put a hand on each of our shoulders, and said, "Congratulations. You're the first crew in 6 months to even make the runway." They were basically throwing the Kobyashi Maru at us, and it took the full strength of both of us to manipulate the controls. We were both drenched in sweat. No, Al Haynes is THE man.

[rustyrebar]

I don't exactly know what it is about this scene, but when the cabin crew start all saying "Brace brace brace" in unison, it is kind of emotional. I hear this is exactly how it happened, and it just amazes me how professional they all were, just click into this mode. It is really impressive.

[katheryns]

When I heard about the "Miracle" at the time it happened, they said that Sully had graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1973. Right then I knew he was in my brother's class. My brother brought over the yearbook saying he didn't recognize him from the pictures on TV. Sully had a different major than my brother so they were in different squadrons, but he recognized his yearbook photo. There're having a 50 year reunion in Colorado Springs this year, so I'm sure Sully ll be the toast of his class.

[Pugs]

My husband flew the F-4, F-16 for, 22 years, and another 27 with a major airline. He's answers countless questions over the years and knew exactly what was going on in this scenario.