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Posted Oct 1st 2009 2:32PM by TMZ Staff
Reporters and cameramen crammed themselves into a US Airways flight for Sully's "return to the sky" -- but they were all duped, because it wasn't his first flight back!
Though passengers cheered like it was Sully's big comeback when he hit the loudspeaker, truth is, he'd already piloted another plane hours earlier -- and one more back in September.
However, this was his first flight with the same route as the Hudson River incident -- only this time, the plane MADE IT to North Carolina ... and without any goose fatalities.
SUCCESS!!!! SUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
Tags: captain chesley sullenberger, captain fully, CaptainChesleySullenberger, CaptainFully, flight 1549, Flight1549, hudson river, HudsonRiver, sully
Posted Oct 1st 2009 8:27AM by TMZ Staff
Sully Sullenberger -- the grand master of flying planes with and without engines -- made his triumphant return completely above the Hudson this morning in NYC.
According to the New York Daily News, his flight took off at 7:55 a.m. from Charlotte, N.C. to New York City.
Everyone arrived safe and sound, as always.
Who says flying is for the birds?
Tags: captain chesley sullenberger, CaptainChesleySullenberger, chesley sullenberger, ChesleySullenberger, flight, flight 1549, Flight1549, hudson river, HudsonRiver, pilot, sully
Posted Jan 23rd 2009 12:16PM by TMZ Staff
Shocking new CCTV video just released shows the moment US Airways Flight 1549 hit the Hudson, the plane still skidding to a stop in the river.
Almost immediately, passengers can be seen jumping from the aircraft into the water and onto the plane's wings -- the first rescue boat showed up three minutes later.
Thanks to the "heroic" maneuvering of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, all 155 people aboard survived the crash.
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