I was on a plane from orlando to hartford about 7 years ago and we lost the left engine (explosion, smoke, etc) and we banked so sharply to return to the airport (only in the air about 10 minutes) that we thought we were starting a death spiral. People screaming, praying, etc - VERY scary. Landed in Orlando, about 50 emergency trucks lining the runway. Landed okay, the Captain came back and he was right out of Central Casting - about 6'4", square jaw and gave full credit to the copilot. Wrote a letter to Delta praising the pilot and crew, never heard a reply.
PS Only about half or less of the passengers got on the replacement plane.
Capt. Sully Flys glider planes in the Bay area... Im sure that helped in the smooth landing. Cool Hand Luke, pick us up in the Hudson.
I am so impressed by the calm and professionalism of the pilot and ground crew. I don't enjoy flying AT ALL - even though I do it a lot -- but knowing there are pilots like Capt. Sulley out there is reassuring. Kudos to a REAL hero and rolemodel!
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