Summary
A remarkable piloting feat illustrates a continuing problem for airports.
Pilots train for it, in simulators, but the assumption is that if ever they have to ditch an airliner, it will happen high over an ocean with some time to think about it, and even consult a checklist. For Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, 57, captain of US Airways Flight 1549, there was almost no time at all.See the full content of this document
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Birds Vs. Jetliners
Sullenberger had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport when he lost both engines of his Airbus 320, probably when they ingested several Canada geese, a...
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