Chesley B. Sullenberger III said though flying was safer than ever, Wednesday’s crash showed the need for constant vigilance ...

to surface detailing the dramatic landing of the U.S. Airways flight landing in the Hudson River. Courtesy Reuters.

Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot famed for landing a passenger jet on the Hudson River in 2009, has shared his ...

(WKRC/CBS/CBS Newspath) - On January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River next ... strike to the river landing was less than four ...

New York Waterways and Circle Line crews rushed to aid airline passengers after a crash-landing in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009. Capt Mike Duffy/Wheelhouse Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia ...

DALLAS — Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot and North Texas native known for safely landing a passenger plane on the Hudson River in 2009, said in media interviews that the plane crash ...

Chesley B. Sullenberger III, the pilot who safely landed a passenger plane in the Hudson River in 2009, said the crash in the Potomac River on Wednesday night came at an “exceptionally safe ...

FDNY officials told the newly-minted captain about the plane’s crash-landing in the Hudson as dozens of tourists were already boarding his boat for a scheduled trip, Duffy recalled.