Gaynor and Sophie react to the miracle on the Hudson River - In 2009 a US Airways flight had to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York! Link to original video - • Video insta - @officeblokedaz
Captain Sullenberger made a full tour of the passenger compartment - to ensure no one else was still in the aircraft, before he exited the sinking plane.
He was played by Tom Hanks in the subsequent movie, and attended and was recognized by President Obama at his first State of the Union address. So there’s that.
The fact that Sully managed to land that plane on water without it breaking in two or three pieces is a testament to his experience, skills and ability to remain focused enough to do it so perfectly. Planes usually break up when they hit water, as one person said its just like concrete at speed.
@@JHulse29 I think Sully had experience flying hang gliders among the other aircraft he flew in the military. Some time after this, my cousin was flying out to the west coast from the east. It was announced that Sully was their pilot. She was floored and felt that nothing could happen to them with both his skill and ... what are the chances it could happen to him again!!!!
Going by Sassycatz it also gimli glider where pilot used gliders but in his commercial plane he needed to reduce speed he gain while lower altitude so he slipped I think what was said like where holding plane diagonal that only gliders normally do
@@lonnieeastin6401 I wish they had no issue with him doing so to save all, I do wish I could get on a plane and he be my pilot so I also got to meet him if could but last I know he retired and joined air crash investigation show or something
My office building has a view of the Hudson River. Local news began to announce the event as it happened. I looked out the window and watched the plane hit the water. The NY ferries that rescued those passengers also rescued evacuees on 9/11 when Lower Manhattan was a living hell. NY ferries respond before the Coast Guard can arrive. Captain Sullenberger and the NY ferries saved those lives. Make no mistake.
@@laurawendt8471- Yeah no, it wasn’t on local news until after the plane had went down. People called 911 as they saw the plane low over the GW bridge and headed towards the river. The first notification came as plane had bird strike by someone in the Bronx and lost sight of flight as it turned towards Hudson. Media monitoring emergency frequencies heard about plane after 911 operations sent emergency vehicles. It took another 3 minutes to verify with Police and Port Authority that they had an aircraft down in Hudson.
My daughter mentioned that New Yorkers would help you in a heartbeat and I admit, I was skeptical. I've never been there, just been in the South and the West. Turns out it's true. Maybe not every last citizen, but there's a certain New York spirit we could all stand to gain.
I'm a pilot and this is one of those events we study to make sure every single flight we do is as safe as possible. Water landings are incredibly incredibly dangerous for planes not designed to land on water, but one of the most amazing things was listening to the ATC conversation. This video didn't show much of it but the air traffic controller was out there giving sully every single option he could think of, stopping traffic, pointing out options, doing everything in his power to help, and this story is also a testament to decision making skills, and the ability to determine the safest course of action in a high stress high leverage time critical situation.
Yeah, I was hoping they'd hear some of that conversion. Sully being as calm as he was and that controller being the best a controller can be. He was just as calm and absolutely on his A-game.
There's an episode of Air Disasters that goes more into depth on this accident. They interview the air traffic controller that handled the flight...it's pretty interesting hearing his side of it. Great job all around.
Sully got legend status immediately after pulling off that miracle level maneuver. He always credits the flight crew but we all know who the real hero here was. He's why everyone lived.
@@davidmarquardt9034 If I ever walked on a plane and saw that Sully was manning the aircraft, I might not need a drink for the first time ever to get through the flight. Like ok, we got the GOAT running this thing
Captain Sullenberger, First Officer Skiles, the flight attendants, the Air Traffic Controller, and of course the ferry boats are all heroes in this accident. Sully probably could not have done this all by himself!
A true hero never takes credit, they give credit to their team and that is exactly what Sully did. The entire cabin crew and the flight crew did exactly what needed to be done when it needed to be done. Sully expertly put that plane down but the fact that everyone survived is also because of the crew… and let’s not forget the ferry captains and crew! All true heroes in my book.
@@aaronpearson2389 Yeah, I think he's right. He did the relatively flashy thing, and a very important thing it was, a tribute to his skill and professionalism. But there was a whole crew together doing their jobs the best they could and getting everyone out of that safely. The importance of every member of the crew can't be overstated.
Sully Sullenberger, the pilot was an Air Force pilot before flying commercial air craft. Among other planes he was trained in a glider program, which had to have helped him land on the Hudson since the plane at that point was essentially a glider. He was stationed in many countries during his military career including the UK.
Something else to note is that Sully actually had a small side-business where he lectured businesses and organizations about crisis management. I imagine, after the Hudson River Incident, he got a lot more requests. :)
My cousin was on that plane. She ended up in the hospital for severe hypothermia, as she jumped into the water thinking that the fuel would catch fire. And she was the only one who actually grabbed her seat to use as a flotation device. I said I'd have probably forgotten that myself.
I don't care how much practice and experience a pilot has. Being in such a chaotic and unpredictable situation like this is incredibly difficult. There is just too many forces outside of they're control. So the fact that he got everyone out alive and no one got seriously injured is just incredible.
Canadian geese were responsible for a flight that both engines went out in Phoenix area this past week. The movie, "Sully", is a great recreation of the Miracle on the Hudson. Tom Hanks starred as Sully. It was not a crash landing; it was a water landing.
So if you crash into the water it's not a crash it's a landing but crash into land is it a crash not a landing? Thanks for clearing that up. My life just drastically changed because I never understood that until your brilliant explanation. Bravo keep up the stellar work.
@@heywoodjablowme8120 Actually they are correct. This was not a crash it was a controlled water landing, or a successful ditching. No aviator would call this a crash. If it was a crash, they would be pulling bodies out of wreckage instead of people off a mostly intact aircraft. That's the difference.
Sully was a good watch but keep in mind the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) in real life were very polite and professional, essentially investigating to be thorough but never scrutinizing the pilots incompetently or with ill will like the movie implies. The movie just needed an antagonist or at least conflict, and "flight lands without injuries due to quick-thinking competent crew" makes for a lamer drama I suppose.
There was also the airliner that lost both engines due to severe hail and made an emergency deadstick landing on a small island in a river by NASA, near New Orleans. TACA Flight 110, I think. The emergency landing, in a bad storm, was so good, not only did no one die, the plane was able to fly away after engine repairs! If I recall correctly, the pilot was a one eyed war hero.
In this case the pilot was especially lucky to be able to land his plane on an artificial dyke with particularly compact ground, because if it had been natural ground, his wheels would have sunk into the ground and he would have at least torn his landing gear
The skill it required for Sully to ditch he plane perfectly cannot be overstated. Even just a couple of degrees off level, causing one wing to "dip in" before the other would have caused the aircraft to cartwheel and break up, likely killing most, if not all, of the people on board.
Just think about those dead engines as two massive scoops under the wing. Hit the wrong angle and they fill up with water at 150 mph and rip that plane to shreds in the Hudson with likely few if any survivors. This really was a miracle of skill and discipline and good fortune.
Sully is a true American hero. The fact that he’s so humble just makes him more lovely. I remember watching this on the news as it happened. It was extraordinary.
Captain Sullenburger only had very little Aircraft attitude +/- 3°ﾟ from where he landed that the plane would have either submerged or hit tail First and broken apart. He landed perfectly and the plane stayed together, amazing!!!!
You can understand why he lost both engines when an adult Canada goose can weigh up to 14 pounds and they flew into a flock. Lots of damage to the engines. My son is a captain in the airlines and he is in my daily prayers. You can’t see a flock of geese until it’s too late.
Captain Sullenberger had an extra skill set, he was a glider pilot for fun, so he had a whole other set of knowledge than most pilots, his understanding of gliding gave him what knowledge was needed to get safely down. He also angled the plane so the engines didn't create too much drag, fill up with water and get wrenched off, he kept the plane reasonably level to the last. This miracle only happened because of who the pilot was as a human.
It made for a great movie too called “Sully” played by Tom Hanks. The FAA put them through the ringer saying they could have made it back to the airport without losing the aircraft but it once they put in the parameters of everything Sully was vindicated. Really amazing story.
There’s a great and beautiful song by College & Electric Youth called “A Real Hero” in which the second verse is about this incident and Captain Sully in particular. Some say the first verse could also be talking about him, but the second verse says it straight up and references specific details regarding Captain Sully’s handling of the incident while it was happening and the number of people on board that he saved that day. I’d also recommend listening to the entire recording of the ATC and cockpit communication from the incident as well because you can really get a sense of how outstanding Captain Sully was throughout this. It’s a bit harrowing to listen to, but knowing that he managed to ditch safely and that everyone survived makes it a little easier. You can hear the disbelief as he tells ATC that he’s lost both engines, they’re trying to give him headings and distances to both of the nearby airports but he quickly realizes that he likely can’t make it to either and that he’s going to have to put it down in the middle of the freezing Hudson river. Captain Sully gets most of the credit because of his miraculous ditching that everyone survived, but the rest of the crew deserve a lot of credit as well for how they handled it and helped all their passengers get out safely. And of course the boats who came to pick up the passengers deserve their credit as well because they had no idea what they were getting into after having seen a plane crash land into the Hudson, they just knew they were going to help in any way that they could. Then of course there’s the movie “Sully” starring Tom Hanks as Captain Sully that is excellent as well, in typical Tom Hanks fashion.
Hats off to NY ferry operators. They responded without thinking twice for this emergency and also when the Twin Towers were attacked on 9/11. Love them NYers!
I know it seems slow when you look out the window of a plane. But after slowing way down they landed at 140mph. If you crashed your car at that speed it would be very bad. It just makes this more amazing in my mind.
Yeah it can be hard to just speeds in vehicles we aren't as used to. I took a train trip recently, figured we were going fast. Maybe 80 mph. I pulled up a speedometer and we were clocking 125 mph.
I would recommend checking out the doc about Air Florida flight 90. A plane clipped a bridge in Washington DC and sank into the ice covered Potomac River. In one of the most heroic things I’ve ever seen a guy dives into the literal frozen waters to save a woman.
I chatted online with copilot Jeff Skiles. What a humble, amazing man. You'd want him as your pilot. He and pilot Sully worked like a machine to do everything possible to save the plane and everyone on board
I was curious and according to google each passenger later received a letter of apology, $5,000 in compensation for lost baggage (or more if they could demonstrate larger losses), and a refund of their ticket price.
The film will also give an context to what happened afterwards both in the investigation as well as how Sully and Skiles dealt with what happened post the event.
The movie makes it seem like the investigation was trying to find fault with Sully's actions. But if you watch the actual hearing there was nothing but praise for Sully and crew. The FAA was asking questions to see what went right as well as what went wrong to make improvements.
@@MarianTRitch They actually didn’t. When Sully went over the script and saw how investigators were being portrayed, he actually got pissed. He was so displeased in fact that he didn’t want the film to use investigators real names, as he felt it was insulting. He also worried about how their portrayal could affect pilots. He worried pilots could become afraid to speak up or try to cover mistakes out of fear how the NTSB and FAA would react. He said investigators we’re actually understanding and really just wanted to find out what happened so they could make any changes they needed too. Ultimately, the FAA did make some crucial changes, one of them being simulated water landings.
Also if anyone wants some other great videos on this subject, 2 airline pilots have reacted to this situation and broke down everything that happened. Their RU-vid names are “74 Gear” and “Mentour Pilot.”
A lot of cadets at the Air Force academy which he graduated from prior to getting commissioned a Air Force officer, also train and solo as glider pilots during their time there., As part of their aeronautical science coursework In this case those skills came in handy. A lot of experienced airline pilots actually ran this scenario on company flight simulators, and very few of them were able to successfully land the aircraft, under the same simulated conditions.
It took some time to determine whether everyone had survived because some of the passengers upon landing off the ferries in New York and New Jersey caught taxis back to LaGuardia and hopped the next available flights to Charlotte.
Wow. Its like oh well, try again!!! Not sure I would have any nerves left after such an experience to jump back into the fire... I was in a auto crash a few years ago and no injuries to me but I was a sort of PTSD wreck for a few days afterwards and that would be a minor thing compared to this!
At the time that this occurred, I lived in a NYC apartment building that had a perfect view of the Hudson River where the plane was. It was a pretty surreal sight to see.
The fuel on board kept the plane semi afloat for months, it did not really start leaking until it was on the barge that recovered it. The hazardous material emergency response team I worked for helped with the recovery, I was on standby to go myself but it was a couple hours away for me.
I think I remember there being rumors the pilot had alcohol in his blood, and ppl trying to demonize him for it... and I was just like... at that point I'd be glad if he did. He pulled off a miracle and saved everyone's life. Id look the other way on that one.
Tom Hanks played Captain Sully in a movie...if I remember correctly he was really grilled by the aviation transportation people about his decision. They gave him a hard time , and he was a HERO!
They were only like that in the movie, evil editing to punch up the drama. The _airline_ may have deeply wished for him to have gotten the plane to an airport, but the NTSB was much more professional.
Captain Sully is a real true American Hero! He made EVERY decision perfectly. Let's not even discuss the actual landing. The fact that he was thinking on his feet and knew he couldn't make it back to La Guardia. Amazing. Never gets old, this story.
Everyone was still in their seats from takeoff, when you watch the interviews with the air stewardesses afterwards, none of them are allowed to contact the cockpit in an emergency like that. They have to wait for instructions. The only thing that was relayed to the cabin was about 20 seconds before impact where he said "brace for impact". None of the stewardesses knew they were going into the water. There are runways in the area with water very near them. They were hoping/thinking they were coming down on one of those runways.
This incident galvanized the country and, I feel, was critical for improving the morale of all Americans at the time. This was only a few months after the 2008 market crash when the financial future of the U.S. was up in the air. People were frightened about a massive economic downturn lasting years, if not decades. In a sense, America needed a hero in that moment and found it in the crew of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, particularly Captain Sullenberger and the people who came together, almost instantaneously, to help. Personally I feel the economic problems would have gone on for much longer had people in the country not had this example of perseverance despite extreme adversity. This brought America together in a way unseen since September 11 and, in many ways, was a sort of an "inverse 9/11" for many people. The fact that it occurred in New York City and involved a commercial airplane yet, despite the tragedy, was a triumph in every way for everyone involved was not lost on people. The fact it occurred in NYC contributed to everyone's survival - no other city in the U.S. was as well-prepared for an emergency like this. Many of the people involved rehearsed the drills, communication and coordination efforts in the wake of 9/11 and that training paid off in spades. It is, truly, a miracle in every way.
In 2017, I was in a pretty nasty auto accident with my grandma. It happened legitimately right around the corner from our house. At a stop sign, I went to make a left hand turn, traffic was blocking the intersection. They pulled forward to make a gap, person on my L side waved me to go, I went forward and looked to my R side to see nobody was coming. Proceeding to make my turn, I felt a SLAM from my right, hit my head into the pillar/window. The lady that hit us tore the front of our car off, was caught on her phone distracted driving by witnesses…yet I was found at fault. Thanks America 🙄
I've seen the actual plane and attended a talk from a passenger on the flight. Definitely a miracle but also the result of pilot skill, the entire flight crew, the ferrys and anyone involved to get the passengers to safety. As others have said, the movie Sully documents the whole thing well but does focus on the investigation afterwards.
I can also recommend "Scandinavian Airlines, flight 751", also called "the Miracle at Gottröra". A very dramatic plane crash that ends unexpectedly happily - no death.
All alive, but one person disabled for life. Still it is a very dramatic plane crash. I would say British Airlines 9 is a good one, no deaths and no injuries except the plane itself.
American interstate highways are constructed wide enough for jet planes to land on them in case of an emergency but he didn't have the power to get to one with limited traffic.
The movie of this is amazing, Tom Tanks nails it and a lot happened that we didn't know about, give it a view...it's called Sully and it's directed by Clint Eastwood
The good news for the passengers was that even though they were on a domestic flight, they were on a plane made to cross the ocean.. so it’ll float for quite some time. I think it took less than an hour from take off to everyone on the ferry. Truly was a miracle.
This is the second reaction I've watched with these women. The first one was about September 11 and they smiled and smirked through that as well. Not watching them anymore at all
What most people don't know is that captain Sully actually chose to land on the river on purpose because he knew that he was not able to land anywhere else if he had landed any where else more than likely a lot of people would have died so he really made the right decision in my opinion
Yeah, with a glider in a City like New York, you will not find a place where you can land safe. At one point, you are going down. So, use the last speed to reach the river was a decision in less of a second. Without that, eighter you crash in a building or the aircraft stalls and you fell like a rock out of the sky.
In case you didn't know, there was a movie made about this starring Tom Hanks as Captain Sully. It tells a lot of what happened in the weeks after. It's quite interesting and worth watching.
The test plane engines for bird strikes by throwing frozen carcasses into the blades. The heaviest bird they throw weighs 8 pounds. Canada geese are nearly 15 pounds.
Important note: the pilot landed on the water as it was the only way. Water landing is so dangerous that it is avoided if possible. It is a SHAME this was not mentioned.
It goes against most wold wide opinions and even the rest of US opinions but... NY City residents are among the most friendly toward strangers. keep in mind that it is a quite big city and people from all over world fly into into NY City So, its residents deal with strangers almost daily.
There's a movie called "Aftermath" based on the True Story of "Mayday Air Disasters" Episode; "Deadly Crossroads" a plane collision between a Cargo Plane & a Passenger Plane on a Summer Trip headed to Spain from Russia.
I can’t even guess how many hours have been spent on this event, and the whole thing, from 1549 being cleared for takeoff from LaGuardia to the last passenger being taken on board a ferry in the Hudson was 31 minutes.
Watch movie made about Hawaiian Airliner that lost a good portion of upper fuselage, and still made it back to an airport. One airline hostess got sucked out, remains never found, several others injured. I was on vacation at the time where had to fly there and back, very scary.
A miracle in every sense of the word. You want another amazing air craft landing that should have ended in disaster, I recommend looking up the Gimli Glider
I heard that the angle of approach to land in the water and not tear the plane apart was the tiniest margin of error. Ppl dont realize how weak the fuselage of a plain actually is cuz it needs to be light.
And humble. He just felt he was doing what he was trained to do. Always credited the crew, police, ferries--everybody. He was not a fan of the attention.
@@lizetteolsen3218 yeah most people are not, they just do what they have to in the situation and try their best, it like how many save people from different situation "we are not hero's, we just did what we had to do"
