Sully Movie CLIP - I Eyeballed It (2016) - Tom Hanks Movie 

"I was drunk... I'm drunk now." Wait, wrong airplane movie.

*THIS IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED IN REAL LIFE.* Sully himself hates this movie for how it portrayed the investigators. They are legally required to investigate every crashlanding everytime it happens. Sully made it clear that they were very respectful and understanding to the situation and cleared the whole thing up quickly. They just added this drama to make the movie longer.

When an f4 Phantom pilot tells you he "eyeballed it", you respond with "excellent decision Sir. Thank you and congratulations."

no sir - I used the IBM supercomputer we have in the cockpit to do a few million simulated landings and asked the boys back at the airport to check the calculations through while I went and got myself some coffee and leftover lasagna from the kitchen. It checked all out, so after we all had a short nap to ensure maximum efficiency we put it down in the Hudson River.

As a Kerbal Space Program player, there is no such thing as crashing, only lithiobraking

Sully managed to land the plane because he eyeballed it. Meanwhile, Denzel managed to land the plane because he eightballed it.

Unrealistic. Crash investigators would have understood the difficulty of running "calculations" in the limited time available

I think Sully made one other decision that isn't being discussed: That was to if humanly possible not kill anyone on the ground. Even if the landing is unsurvivable going into the Hudson limits the damage.

There was no where near this level of cynicism from officials in reality. This movie really did do a hatchet job on a lot of professionals for the sake of drama and contrived conflict.

"Another happy landing." - Obi-Wan Kenobi

no one died? thats a landing in my book... hell, he could have landed inside a volcano, no casualties? LANDED in a volcano

The eyechrometer is widely regarded in engineering as one of the most reliable tools. Didn't know it was used in aviation too.

Not enough altitude to perform the “Impossible Turn.” When technology fails you, experience and Sir Isaac Newton in the driver’s seat is the only alternative left.

Sully was a hero, especially to the NTSB. He prevented certain tragedy and did what should have been impossible with no time to prepare. He had only his years of commercial and military aviation to tap into. And a crew that worked like a well oiled machine.

I think people see a movie based on an actual event and think "Yep, that's how it happened." The NTSB did not try and make Sully out to be the bad guy or even try and say he made any mistakes. He actually got very high praise from the NTSB for his decisions. I wonder how many people think Rose and Jack were real from Titanic??? lmao

This is actually good testament to what mastery looks like. Whatever you do it becomes second nature to you. Much like he said about thousands of flights. For people like him "eyeballing" is on whole different level that it would be for inexperienced pilot.

It's always the same....people who have no idea how to do your job, trying to tell you how you should have done your job.

Sully should have simply said: "Sirs, Madam, I direct you to my co-pilot's awesome moustache. Your arguments are now invalid."

The movie negatively portrays the investigators when in actual fact it's just standard procedure. But I love the point about "I eyeballed it", when you have no engines and you're deciding what to do you can't waste even a few minutes going back and forth with control over what action to take and whether it will work, pilots are indeed trained to have good judgement in this kind of situation and make that call on what action is most likely to save the most lives. The real life event is truly a testament to training and experience, not only from the pilots but also the cabin crew, and also demonstrates why it's important to pay attention to pre-flight safety videos and follow cabin crew instruction.

Shrugs, “He eyeballed it.”

The problem with this the NTSB knew he made the right decision. I guess it would have been a boring movie without it.

Experience and one hell of a gifted pilot saved lives....the end.

40 years of experience is what Sully had to work with and he had to go with a Forced Water Landing...So you lose a 60 million dollar Jet it's Insured ...Everybody gets a Second Chance to tell a loved one I love you

I will fly with this man anytime!!!!!!

I have a buddy who saved his own skin on a bike. Lady in front of him slammed on the brakes going through an intersection. We thought he was laying it down and prolly get killed. Just at the last second almost laying it down he popped the clutch downshifted slammed the gas swung the bike around the car and saved himself. We talked about it. Just like sully he cashed in 40 years of riding knowledge to pull that off. It was something to see.

Tom Hanks is more Badass the more he grows older.

If you read the comments below any movie clip, you see how we got to the mixed states of “reality” we find ourselves in. An astounding amount of people seem to mix portrayals of reality with actual events and lose the thread on which is which. Lovely! Just f’ing lovely.

I can’t watch the movie without thinking about him and Baldwin doing SNL about this! Hilarious “I’m sully” 😂

Eyeballing it saved the passengers, crew and countless citizens on the ground.😇

I love how when the bald dude says dumb things and sully corrects him and then the bald says "Captain" with such emphasis as if sully is the dumb one

Tom hanks is perfect for every role ge played

At the end of the day he saved the crew and it’s passengers. Remarkable!

Sully is a hero. It is pretty reasonable to figure you can not make it back to an Airport when you "eyeball it" and you realize that you are lower than the nearby skyscrapers. And that a relatively soft landing in the river is by far the best choice.

I agree we should not question these pilots in these situations and just consider it just another day at the office.

His experience and skill made this water landing as good as it was.

You can tell this movie was directed by Clint Eastwood. He disdains the government, and made the FAA and NTSB investigators into the enemy. Even Sullenberger himself said that he ever got any issue or anything but admiration and amazement from every member of the FAA that investigated the water landing. Did the investigators go over every part of the crash? Of course. That's the job. But nobody questioned that the flight would have been a disaster had the crew made any other decision.

Watch this, then watch the clip of these guys trying to replicate the landing adding "The Human Factor". Great job Sully!

This is me when someone asks how I made my BBQ ribs 😂

That's how I serve myself when it comes to food. I just eyeball how much I can consume. Works everytime.

Sully rocks.

“I eyeballed it” *meanwhile* “What do you mean, you ‘eyeballed it’?” “Well, sir, we weren’t going to make contact if we didn’t divert our flight. I told the whole flock to turn East so we could make contact with that damn plane!” *Goose Pack Leader*

First, I still have MILES of respect for Captain Sullivan. I would always aspire to be able to be as cool and clearminded in an emergency as he was. I know this interview was dramatized to make the movie more interesting, but the NTSB guys should have challenged all of his decisions, then told him, "Sully, you done good!" I don't think anyone questions Sully's judgment in this case. But the point that is MOST important, that I think gets overlooked, is that in an emergency, New Yorkers, once again, proved they are EXCELLENT human beings. From someone that has lived out west, I have watched New Yorkers do stunning things that surprise me every single time. When the chips are down, I think that the people of the City of New York have proven that they'll drop what they're doing and rush in to help. So, from someone that has watched from the other side of the country, Sully wasn't the only hero that day, the people of New York are, too.

"How dare you not do any calculating, I'd just tell the plane to wait and whip out my calculator!"

How does someone trust Tom Hanks knowing how great of an actor he is?

I feel better trusting his “eye-balling” vs others “calculations”.

The real pilot deserved a presidential medal of freedom

So many souls

Damn best eyeballing I've ever heard of.

Translation: I got mad skill bruh

I know the actual investigators from this incident have said the movie portrays them in a very negative way that isn't faithful to how they were at the time... Doesn't change the fact that I hate all 3 of them every time I watch this movie.

In a fraction of a millisecond a tough decision has to be made. For the safety and lives of all souls on board. And in that moment of sheer terror, my hopes and prayers rest on all the experience of those folks flying the plane, the Captain, Co-pilot, as well as the Flight Attendants that day, and every time I fly. I pray that all is well in there lives and that they as well make it home to see there loved ones when there jobs are done for the day.

Excellent Line! ❤

Yes, he eyeballed it, but he also ball-balled it. Never forget.

"How did you torture the guy?" "I eyeballed him"

Thanks for the video.

can they just give tome hanks the oscar every year already

Sully:" I just showed all of u how to drop an airliner on the river and gave you training videos for decades. No lost passengers. You're welcome "

Nah, he opened up the calculator.exe from windows 95. He had plenty of time.

100/100 Tom Hanks is an awesome actor and always will be :)

That's when experience and ability kicked in

Me--What happend? Sully--Lost both engines made a safe landing in the river. Everyone walked away some with minor injuries. Me--Ok I'm good.

"eyeballing" altitude and speed is probably one of the first things you learn as a private pilot.

I am stealing that quote from now on!!! I eyeballed it! haha

I don't even get on an airplane unless I know Tom Hanks is at the controls.😎

It's certainly a reasonable question to ask in the abstract: Was it possible to return to La Guardia and land safely rather than attempt a highly risky landing in the Hudson? Conclusion reached: ""Although an emergency return to La Guardia Runway 13 was technically feasible from an aircraft flight performance point of view, the emergency landing on the Hudson seems the most appropriate decision," Airbus said in an assessment submitted to the board." The question was raised, did Sully spend too much time evaluating the situation until it was no longer possible to return to the airport? The answer was that what Sully did was reasonable given the circumstances. Imagine the public outrage if the commission had decided to punish Sully.

There will always be "Monday morning quarterbacks", whether it's the NFL, baseball, business, medicine, or aviation. Simulations have some value in training but a simulation is never a real life or death emergency.

You gotta love how he saved everyone and the investigators are basically accusing him of incompetence or doing it all on purpose like he wanted it to happen.

I'll fly with you anytime Sully

208 seconds total. Of course there were no calculations. Even a few seconds slower decision-making may have resulted in disaster. Pilot experience is gold & I will never trust a fully automated or remotely piloted aircraft.

This is an entirely unrealistic depiction of how the NTSB actually works. This isn't some criminal investigation trying to get Sully in a "gotcha" moment. Maybe an insurance company lawyer would, but not the NTSB. Those men and women have a collective experience of decades in the air, and have the resources to hire experts from across the spectrum of the aviation industry.

He eye balled it and got it bang on!

somewhere in the back of my mind....i think sully has been ready for this scenario to go down for YEARS!!.

Considering the circumstances if I were in the investigator's shoes after hearing Sully explain how he "eyeballed it" I would've said "alright,fair enough," shake his hand, then walk out of the room and the credits would roll.

"So then we decided to eat the passengers." Wait, wrong airplane movie.

Save Tom Hanks! Get well, soon sir!

Holy smoke! The interrogator is the guy with the key to Earth in the Good Place!

With great mustache comes great responsibility

This challenging drama was fabricated for the move. In reality investigators found no fault with Sully's eyeballing or judgement.

“Eyeballing” it is why everyone onboard survived. That and 40+ years of flying experience.

Despite this, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and the music (Tierney Sutton Band) was beautiful, especially the end credits.

"I suppose pilots are as useful as they ever were, but they sure didn't live the way we did. I'll tell ya, there was a time when you took real pride in just GETTING there. Flyin' used to be FUN, Lou!" - Frank Towns (James Stewart), "Flight of the Phoenix" (1965)

This movie is about as accurate as "The Imitation Game", and both are slightly less realistic than Police Academy 6.

Captain Sully if your watching this video and comments, all I can say that eyeballing was a good move. You saved lives who gives a heck about the aircraft.

Great sound. Volume -60000000

I actually saw the landing kinda, I was driving to a store in Edgewater, NJ, which is literally next to the Hudson river and I saw a descending plane, really low, and I was 'huh, that's odd.' Because while there are three major airports near NYC, you never see planes that low in that particular area so close to the city, but the plane was flying so smoothly I said to myself, 'must be okay'. Then I go to the store to do my shopping, nothing was going on to indicate an emergency, you know police etc, traffic wasn't affected. Later I get home and see the news! I had one 'friend' who didn't believe me because everything had been so calm in the area, then later she was like, 'oh yeah you probably did see it', cause you know that sort of thing happens every day. *sarcastic face*

If I'm in a plane where things are going to shit, I want a pilot with 40 years experience.

Tom Hanks does such a great job in this movie.

A master's most valuable assets are his hands and his ability to accurately eyeball something

In reality, NTSB did not question the decision to land I n the Hudson.

Good 👁. I’ll fly with you eyeballing everything

with 4 decades of flights and experience... I think he earned the right to say "I eyeballed it".

Just getting Hanks polished up to run for President.

This scene summarizes why I always hated it when people referred to the "Miracle On The Hudson". It wasn't a miracle, it was experience and skill. It also summarizes why I hate movie and television depictions of investigative committees. Their committees are always clueless and officious demagogues. In reality, most committees outside of congress are seeking answers and would rather not ruin careers.

I bet the Joker sent those birds to kill Harvey Dent.

That's a glider pilot right there. Then again I think he flew everything with wings.

And that's one accurate eye ball.

Sully was In a plane crash before... he lived on a island and ate coconuts for over 4 years! ...... he also had a friend, his name was Wilson 😌

Even though this movie paints the picture of those doing the investigation as the bad guys, the overall point is, it was just showing what Sully was thinking, and how he got out of the situation. Further more, I actually thought the dialogue in this movie from the Investigators didn't really look that bad. It was clearly showing it was their job. No outrageous yelling, and finger pointing. They displayed their side of how they thought he could have made it back to airport, they investigate every plane incident, this was nothing new. What was displayed here, looked understandable to me. Of course, Sully snapped back saying why he didn't want to risk it. A little drama doesn't hurt anyone. You do need to make a case that was drawn out over hours on end, into something watchable. Besides, if this movie did go full drama, investigators would have looked like vengeful psychopaths with anger issues, making a big deal out nothing. Sully in the movie would have been shown as an emotional wreck, sobbing with the wife as if he got the death sentence, and cue dramatic music. Everyone in this film looked rather soft tensed due to some uncertainty, but no high emotions. Reasonably short movie, got to the point. It could have easily been blown way out of proportion and run 2.5 hours, but they didn't.

I can understand this. If you know how a plane operates and the physics involved it goes from being one of calculation to experiences leading to gut instinct where you can feel what the plane can do and can’t do. What I find cool is that he has 40 years of experience yet flew a plane (A320) that isn’t that old, but still knows the plane well.

He does a movie like this and issac kappy