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Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the captain of Flight 1549, performed a miraculous ditching in the Hudson River, with no fatalities. He has been called the "Hero on the Hudson."
According to the FAA posting, most of the communications with the pilot while the aircraft was in the air are contained in the tape and transcript for the New York Tracon. All times are in Greenwich Mean Time, which is five hours ahead of EST.
The tape is amazing because of the calmness of Capt. Sullenberger. Note that there are plenty of silences at the beginning of the tape so be patient. Some excerpts just prior to ditching (cactus 1549 is US Airways 1549 and is listed as AWE1549 below):
2029:21 L116 cactus fifteen twenty nine turn right two eight zero you can land runway one at teterboro
2029:25 AWE1549 we can't do it
2029: 26 L116 okay which runway would you like at teterboro
2029:28 AWE1549 we're gonna be in the hudson
2029:33 L116 i'm sorry say again cactus
2029:41 L116 jetlink twenty seven sixty contact new york one two six
point eight
2029:45 BTA2760 twenty six eight jetlink twenty seven sixty
2029:51 L116 cactus ah cactus fifteen forty nine radar contact is lost you also got newark airport off your two o'clock and about seven miles.
The full list of transcripts and tapes is here.
Posted February 5th, 2009 by Michael Santo
