On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River.

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In 2009, US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River after a flock of birds disabled both engines; all 155 people aboard survived, and more events that happened on this day in history.

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Sun Jan 15, 2023: On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River.

Sat Jan 15, 2022: On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River.

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1. Wow. 15 years ago.

The movie, with Tom Hanks playing Sully, was well done. Nice to see the Richmond paper get the 'ditched' terminology correct. In the movie, Sully made the point that he deliberately chose to land on the river (ditched, as in forced landing on water) as opposed to 'crashed' on the Hudson, which was portrayed as the go to description at first.