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American History

mnhtnbb

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1. Wow. 15 years ago.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jan 15, 2024, 08:06 AM

Jan 2024

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.

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On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 OP

Wow. 15 years ago. mnhtnbb Jan 2024 #1