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Narrator: AN AIRLINER
IS CRIPPLED AFTER TAKEOFF
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FROM NEW YORK'S
LaGUARDIA AIRPORT.
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Pilot: BRACE FOR IMPACT.
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Narrator: ANOTHER
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
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STRIKES HIGH ABOVE
THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES.
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Officer: WE JUST
LOST BOTH ENGINES.
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Man: I'M TALKING TO A DEAD MAN.
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Narrator: AND A VIOLENT
THUNDERSTORM WREAKS HAVOC
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ON A BOEING 737
OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO.
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Man: EVERYTHING WENT BLACK.
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ALL THE ALARMS
JUST START SOUNDING.
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Narrator: THREE PLANES
HEADED FOR DISASTER.
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Man: AND NO ONE'S GONNA BE ABLE
TO REACH UP AND GRAB YOU
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AND BRING YOU SAFELY BACK.
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Pilot: WHERE DO I
PUT THIS THING DOWN?
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Flight attendant: STAY DOWN!
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Narrator: THE SURVIVAL OF
THE PASSENGERS LIES IN THE HANDS
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OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
IN THE COCKPIT.
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Pilot: I GUESS
I'LL JUST SLIP IT.
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HERE WE GO.
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Pilot: THIS IS IT.
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Pilot: WE'RE GONNA BE
IN THE HUDSON.
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Flight attendant:
BRACE FOR LANDING.
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Flight attendant:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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WE ARE STARTING OUR APPROACH.
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Pilot: WE LOST BOTH ENGINES!
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Flight attendant:
PUT THE MASK OVER YOUR NOSE.
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EMERGENCY DESCENT.
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Pilot: MAYDAY, MAYDAY!
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Flight attendant:
BRACE FOR IMPACT!
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Controller: I THINK I LOST ONE.
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Man: INVESTIGATION STARTING
INTO THIS TRAGEDY...
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Man: HE'S GONNA CRASH!
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Narrator: CAPTAIN
CHESLEY SULLENBERGER
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IS AN EXPERIENCED PILOT
WITH U.S. AIRWAYS.
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TODAY HE'S ON BOARD
FLIGHT 1549.
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Chesley Sullenberger:
CLEAR TO PUSH.
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Narrator: THE 57-YEAR-OLD
COMMANDER HAS SERVED
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AS A COMMERCIAL PILOT
FOR OVER 29 YEARS.
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Sullenberger:
YOUR BRAKES, YOUR AIRCRAFT.
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Narrator: FIRST OFFICER
JEFFREY SKILES IS 49.
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HE'S FRESH
OUT OF PILOT TRAINING.
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Controller: 28, BRAKES RELEASED.
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Jeffrey Skiles:
SPOT 28 FOR CACTUS 1549.
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Narrator: 150 PASSENGERS
ARE ON BOARD AN AIRBUS A320
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DEPARTING NEW YORK'S
LaGUARDIA AIRPORT.
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Patrick Harten: CACTUS 1549,
RUNWAY 4, CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF.
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Sullenberger: CACTUS 1549
CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF.
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Narrator: FIRST OFFICER SKILES
IS AT THE CONTROLS
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DURING TAKEOFF.
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THIS FLIGHT TO CHARLOTTE,
NORTH CAROLINA,
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MARKS THE FINAL LEG
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OF A FOUR-DAY SEQUENCE
OF FLIGHTS FOR BOTH MEN.
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Skiles: WE MADE
OUR STANDARD CALL-OUTS.
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IT WAS JUST A NORMAL TAKEOFF,
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NORMAL PROCEDURES
ON THE CLIMB OUT.
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THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING AT ALL
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TO INDICATE THAT THIS
WOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT
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THAN ANY OTHER TAKEOFF
IN MY ENTIRE CAREER.
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GEAR UP, PLEASE.
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Sullenberger: GEAR UP.
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Narrator: PATRICK HARTEN
IS ONE OF THE CONTROLLERS
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HANDLING TRAFFIC
OUT OF LaGUARDIA TODAY.
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HE HAS ONE OF THE MOST
STRESSFUL JOBS IN THE WORLD.
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Harten: WHEN I SIT DOWN
IN FRONT OF A RADAR,
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I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY PERSON
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ON EVERY AIRPLANE
UNDER MY CONTROL.
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CACTUS 1549, NEW YORK
DEPARTURE, RADAR CONTACT.
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CLIMB AND MAINTAIN 1,500.
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Narrator: THE FLIGHT WILL CLIMB
NORTHEAST OUT OF LaGUARDIA
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AND THEN BEGIN A SLOW TURN SOUTH
TOWARDS CHARLOTTE.
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Harten: IT WAS JUST
A NORMAL DEPARTURE,
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JUST ANOTHER FLIGHT THAT
I'VE HANDLED A MILLION TIMES.
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Narrator: RIDING THE THRUST
OF TWO GENERAL ELECTRIC ENGINES,
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THE AIRCRAFT
POWERS INTO THE SKY.
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Sullenberger: CACTUS 1549,
700, CLIMBING 5,000.
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Narrator:
FLIGHT 1549 IS TRAVELING
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AT ALMOST 250 MILES PER HOUR.
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IT'S BEEN IN THE AIR
FOR JUST A MINUTE AND A HALF.
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Skiles: I CAUGHT SOMETHING
OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE,
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AND SLIGHTLY TO OUR RIGHT
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BUT STILL AHEAD OF US
WAS A LINE OF...
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Sullenberger: BIRDS.
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Skiles: ...AND THEY WERE
VERY, VERY CLOSE,
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TOO CLOSE FOR US
TO MANEUVER AROUND.
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WHOA!
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AND THAT FAST, WE WERE
JUST ON TOP OF THEM.
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Narrator: CLAY PRESLEY
IS ONE OF 150 PASSENGERS
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ON BOARD FLIGHT 1549.
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Clay Presley: YOU CAN JUST FEEL
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THE POWER OF THE PLANE
GOING FORWARD,
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AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THERE WAS THIS GIGANTIC BOOM.
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IT SEEMED LIKE
IT STOPPED IN MIDAIR,
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LIKE YOU HIT A BRICK WALL.
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Passenger: OH, MY GOD!
THE ENGINE'S ON FIRE!
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Presley: AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN,
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SOMEBODY SAID,
"THE LEFT ENGINE'S ON FIRE!"
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Skiles: UH-OH.
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BEFORE WE COULD EVEN
ASSESS THE SITUATION...
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Sullenberger:
WE'VE GOT ONE ROLL,
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BOTH OF THEM ROLLING BACK.
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Skiles: ...BOTH ENGINES
ROLLED BACK TO IDLE.
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Sullenberger: IGNITION START.
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Narrator: SULLENBERGER TAKES
CONTROL OF THE STRUGGLING PLANE.
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Sullenberger: MY AIRCRAFT.
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Skiles: YOUR AIRCRAFT.
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Sullenberger: GET THE QRH,
LOSS OF THRUST IN BOTH ENGINES.
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Narrator: THE QRH,
OR QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK,
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IS A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
TO DEALING WITH EMERGENCIES.
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Sullenberger:
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
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THIS IS CACTUS 1549.
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HIT BIRDS, WE'VE LOST THRUST
IN BOTH ENGINES.
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WE'RE TURNING BACK
TOWARDS LaGUARDIA.
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Harten: OKAY, YOU NEED
TO RETURN TO LaGUARDIA.
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TURN LEFT, HEADING 2-2-0.
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Sullenberger: 2-2-0.
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Skiles: WHAT I'M THINKING IS,
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YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA
HAVE TO RESTART AN ENGINE.
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THRUST LEVERS, CONFIRM IDLE.
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Narrator:
FOLLOWING THE HANDBOOK,
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FIRST OFFICER SKILES EXECUTES
AN ENGINE RESTART ATTEMPT.
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Sullenberger: IDLE.
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Skiles: THE PROCEDURE IS
TO TRY TO RESTART THE ENGINES,
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AND I, I ALWAYS HAD FAITH
WE COULD DO THAT.
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AIRSPEED OPTIMUM RELIGHT,
300 KNOTS.
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WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
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Sullenberger: WE DON'T.
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Harten: HEY, CACTUS 1549,
IF WE CAN GET IT FOR YOU,
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YOU WANT TO TRY
AND LAND ON RUNWAY 13.
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Sullenberger: WE'RE UNABLE.
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Harten: THE CONVERSATIONS
WITH CAPTAIN SULLENBERGER
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WERE VERY SHORT
AND TO THE POINT,
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WHICH WAS VERY APPROPRIATE
FOR THE EMERGENCY.
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HE HAD HIS HANDS FULL
FLYING THE AIRPLANE,
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SO MY JOB IS JUST TO MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT OPTION.
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ALL RIGHT, CACTUS 1549,
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IT'S GONNA TO BE TRAFFIC
FOR RUNWAY 31.
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Sullenberger: UNABLE.
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Narrator: HARTEN STILL
WANTS THE JET TO RETURN
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TO LaGUARDIA AIRPORT,
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BUT FLIGHT 1549 IS NOW JUST
1,400 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
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Harten: CACTUS 1549,
RUNWAY 4'S AVAILABLE
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IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A LEFT,
TRAFFIC RUNWAY 4.
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Sullenberger: I'M NOT SURE
WE CAN MAKE ANY RUNWAY.
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WHAT'S TO OUR RIGHT?
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ANYTHING IN NEW JERSEY?
TETERBORO?
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Harten: OKAY, YEAH, UH,
OFF TO YOUR RIGHT SIDE
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IS TETERBORO AIRPORT.
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DO YOU WANT TO TRY
TO GO TO TETERBORO?
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Sullenberger: YES.
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Narrator: TETERBORO
IS A SMALL AIRPORT
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ON THE NEW JERSEY SIDE
OF THE HUDSON RIVER,
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BUT IT'S SEVERAL MILES AWAY,
AND WITHOUT THEIR ENGINES,
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FLIGHT 1549 IS DROPPING FAST.
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Skiles: I LOOKED AT IT,
AND I STOPPED,
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AND I WAS KIND OF CONCERNED
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THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY
GOING TO TRY FOR IT.
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I DIDN'T THINK WE COULD MAKE IT.
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Narrator: CAPTAIN SULLENBERGER
NEEDS TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO.
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IF THE PLANE'S ENGINES
DON'T RESTART,
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HE WON'T MAKE IT TO TETERBORO.
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Sullenberger: GO AHEAD.
TRY NUMBER ONE.
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Narrator: WHILE THE CREW
STRUGGLES TO RESTART
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THE ENGINES
ON THEIR STRICKEN PLANE...
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Skiles: NO RELIGHT.
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Narrator:
...CONTROLLER PATRICK HARTEN
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IS STILL TRYING
TO FIND THEM A RUNWAY.
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Harten: HEY, CACTUS 1549, YOU
CAN LAND RUNWAY 1 AT TETERBORO.
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Sullenberger: CAN'T DO IT.
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WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE HUDSON.
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Harten: I'M SORRY.
SAY AGAIN, CACTUS?
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I COULD HEAR HIM,
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BUT MY MIND REALLY DIDN'T
WANT TO COMPREHEND THOSE WORDS.
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Sullenberger:
WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE HUDSON.
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Harten: THAT WAS
A DEATH SENTENCE FOR HIM,
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AND I DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT
THE FACT THAT IT WAS OVER
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AND THERE WERE
NO MORE OPTIONS LEFT.
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Presley: SO, YOU'RE
SITTING THERE VERY QUIETLY.
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PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUSLY
WAITING FOR INFORMATION,
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AND THEY WANTED REASSURANCE
THAT THINGS WERE GONNA BE OKAY.
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YOU COULD HEAR
THE MICROPHONE COME ON.
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Sullenberger:
THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.
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Narrator: CAPTAIN SULLENBERGER
PREPARES THE PASSENGERS
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FOR WHAT'S AHEAD.
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Presley: WE'RE HOPING
HE WAS GONNA SAY,
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"I'VE GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL,
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WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY,
WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT,
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WE'RE GONNA TURN AROUND
AND GO BACK AND LAND."
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THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE
HOPING TO HEAR.
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Sullenberger: BRACE FOR IMPACT.
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Presley: WHAT DOES HE MEAN,
BRACE FOR IMPACT?
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AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
IT REGISTERED--
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I THINK HE'S SAYING
WE'RE GONNA CRASH.
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Sullenberger: OKAY.
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LET'S GO.
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PUT THE FLAPS OUT.
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Skiles: AND I THOUGHT
TO MYSELF, GREAT.
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THE HUDSON RIVER
WAS OUR BEST OPPORTUNITY.
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IT WAS REALLY
THE ONLY THING IN SIGHT
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WHERE WE COULD LAND
THIS AIRPLANE.
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GOT FLAPS OUT,
250 FEET IN THE AIR.
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I STARTED CALLING OUT
AIR SPEEDS AND ALTITUDES...
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170 KNOTS.
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...TO GIVE HIM A SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.
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GOT FLAPS TWO.
YOU WANT MORE?
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Sullenberger:
NO, LET'S STAY AT TWO.
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Narrator: BELOW 300 FEET,
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PATRICK HARTEN'S RADAR
CAN'T SEE THE PLANE.
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FLIGHT 1549 DISAPPEARS.
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Harten: WHEN THE AIRCRAFT
DISAPPEARED OFF MY RADAR,
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I JUST ASSUMED THAT THERE
WEREN'T GONNA BE ANY SURVIVORS.
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Narrator: IN THE CABIN, THE
PASSENGERS PREPARE FOR DISASTER.
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Flight attendant: HEADS DOWN!
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Passenger:
BE READY AT THE DOORS!
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Flight attendant: STAY DOWN!
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Presley: THE FOLKS AT THE DOOR
SAYS, "WE'RE READY."
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Flight attendant: BRACE.
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Presley: AND I WAS
JUST SCARED TO DEATH.
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Automation: PULL UP.
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Sullenberger:
WE'RE GOING TO BRACE.
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Automation: PULL UP. TERRAIN.
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Skiles: IT LOOKED LIKE
THE AIRPLANE WAS GOING
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RIGHT FOR THE BOTTOM
OF THE HUDSON RIVER.
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ALL WE SAW WAS WATER CASCADING
OVER THE WINDSHIELD.
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Presley: IT WAS LIKE A TORNADO.
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PIECES OF THE PLANE
WERE BEING TORN APART.
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SOME PEOPLE WERE
THROWN AROUND PRETTY GOOD.
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Skiles: THEN THE AIRPLANE
POPPED UP,
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AND IT WAS JUST SORT OF
GENTLY ROCKING IN THE WAVES.
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Presley: WE ALL JUST SAT THERE.
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WE WERE ALL IN SHOCK, AND WE
WERE WAITING FOR WHAT'S NEXT.
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Narrator: U.S. AIRWAYS
FLIGHT 1549 WAS IN THE AIR
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FOR JUST FIVE MINUTES
AND EIGHT SECONDS.
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HAVING MADE
A REMARKABLE LANDING,
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THE PASSENGERS AND CREW
NOW FACE A NEW DANGER.
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THE ICE-COLD WATER OF THE HUDSON
IS POURING INTO THE CABIN.
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THE CREW OF FLIGHT 1549
HAS JUST PERFORMED
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AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
AVIATION FEAT,
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BUT THEY STILL HAVE
MORE WORK TO DO.
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CAPTAIN SULLENBERGER
HEADS FOR THE CABIN,
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WHILE FIRST OFFICER SKILES
SHUTS DOWN THE PLANE.
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Skiles: I STAYED BEHIND AND DID
THE EVACUATION CHECKLIST,
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AND SO IT WAS PROBABLY
ABOUT 45 SECONDS
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BEFORE I ACTUALLY WENT BACK
MYSELF IN THE CABIN
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AFTER WE LANDED.
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Narrator: THE $75 MILLION PLANE
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IS QUICKLY FILLING
WITH FREEZING WATER.
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Presley: THAT WATER WAS COLD.
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PEOPLE SAID, GET THE DOORS OPEN.
GET THE DOORS OPEN.
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Narrator: PASSENGERS NEAREST
THE EXITS OPEN THE DOORS QUICKLY
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WHILE SULLENBERGER
AND THE CABIN CREW
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BEGIN MANAGING THE EVACUATION.
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Presley: AND SO I WORKED
MY WAY OUT ONTO THE WING
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JUST A FEW STEPS TO START WITH.
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Narrator: SKILES HEADS BACK
TO HELP THE CREW IN THE CABIN
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GET THE PASSENGERS
OUT OF THE SINKING PLANE.
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Skiles: SULLY AND I WERE GETTING
SEAT CUSHIONS AND LIFE VESTS
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AND WERE PASSING THEM OUT.
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COME FORWARD!
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IS THERE ANYBODY HERE?
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WE WERE VERY CONFIDENT THERE
WAS NOBODY LEFT ON THE AIRPLANE,
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00:11:26,854 --> 00:11:28,889
BUT WHAT WAS GOING ON
OUT ON THE WINGS,
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YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD NO IDEA.
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Narrator: CAPTAIN SULLENBERGER
AND FIRST OFFICER SKILES
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ARE THE LAST ONES OFF THE PLANE.
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Man: I JUST SAW THE BIG SPLASH
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00:11:38,065 --> 00:11:41,034
WHEN THE PLANE JUST
BOUNCED OVER THE WATER.
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Man: A SMALL COMMERCIAL AIRLINE
CRASHED INTO THE WATER.
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Woman: THEY'VE BEEN IN THE WATER
MORE THAN TEN MINUTES ALREADY.
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Narrator: EMERGENCY SERVICES
SCRAMBLE TO EVACUATE
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THE PASSENGERS
FROM THE SINKING PLANE.
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THE RESCUE IS BROADCAST LIVE
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
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THE ENTIRE NATION LOOKS ON
AS PASSENGERS AND CREW
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OF FLIGHT 1549
ARE BROUGHT TO SAFETY.
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Mayor Bloomberg:
A U.S. AIRWAYS PILOT
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MADE AN INCREDIBLY SKILLFUL
EMERGENCY LANDING
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IN THE HUDSON RIVER.
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Narrator: AUTHORITIES COMPARE
A LIST OF 155 RESCUED PEOPLE
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WITH THE MANIFEST, AND
MIRACULOUSLY, NO ONE IS MISSING.
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FOR INVESTIGATORS
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FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD, OR NTSB,
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IT'S AN UNUSUAL SITUATION.
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NORMALLY, THEIR MAIN TASK IS
TO UNCOVER THE CAUSE OF A CRASH.
287
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WITH FLIGHT 1549,
THE CAUSE SEEMS OBVIOUS.
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Sullenberger: BIRDS.
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Skiles: WHOA!
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Narrator: THE ORIGINAL
MAYDAY CALL WAS CLEAR.
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00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:48,936
Sullenberger:
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
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THIS IS CACTUS 1549.
HIT BIRDS.
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Robert Benzon:
I THINK EVERYBODY REALIZED
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THAT A BIRD STRIKE
HAD OCCURRED.
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00:12:56,209 --> 00:12:59,813
WHAT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW
WAS WHAT KIND OF BIRDS
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BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN,
297
00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:03,683
WHETHER IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN A COMBINATION
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OF A BIRD STRIKE
PLUS SOMETHING ELSE,
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00:13:05,953 --> 00:13:08,621
WHETHER THE CREW ACTED
AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT
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00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:10,257
AS THEY SHOULD HAVE.
301
00:13:11,724 --> 00:13:13,861
Narrator: TESTS CONFIRM
THAT CANADIAN GEESE
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00:13:13,894 --> 00:13:15,896
INGESTED INTO FLIGHT 1549
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00:13:15,929 --> 00:13:19,632
RIPPED APART
THE ENGINE'S COMPRESSORS.
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METAL SHARDS FROM
THESE BROKEN COMPRESSORS
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00:13:21,869 --> 00:13:24,337
WERE SUCKED DEEP INTO THE CORES
OF BOTH ENGINES,
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00:13:24,371 --> 00:13:25,738
SHUTTING THEM DOWN.
307
00:13:25,772 --> 00:13:26,806
Sullenberger: WE'VE LOST THRUST
IN BOTH ENGINES.
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00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,943
WE'RE TURNING BACK
TOWARDS LaGUARDIA.
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00:13:29,977 --> 00:13:31,778
Narrator:
DESPITE THE SAFE OUTCOME
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00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:34,047
OF CAPTAIN SULLENBERGER'S
HEROIC LANDING,
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THERE'S ONE QUESTION
THAT NAGS INVESTIGATORS.
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00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:39,119
Sullenberger: WE'RE GONNA BE
IN THE HUDSON.
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Narrator: DID SULLENBERGER
REALLY HAVE TO LAND THE AIRBUS
314
00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:43,056
IN THE HUDSON RIVER?
315
00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:44,424
Sullenberger:
THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.
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Narrator: OR COULD HE HAVE
MADE IT TO A RUNWAY?
317
00:13:46,226 --> 00:13:48,028
Sullenberger: BRACE FOR IMPACT.
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00:13:51,564 --> 00:13:54,001
Narrator: USING A FLIGHT
SIMULATOR, INVESTIGATORS STUDY
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CHESLEY SULLENBERGER
AND JEFFREY SKILES' ACTIONS
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IN THE MOMENTS AFTER THEIR PLANE
COLLIDED WITH BIRDS.
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Sullenberger: IGNITION.
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00:14:00,941 --> 00:14:01,942
Katherine Wilson:
WE WANTED TO KNOW,
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00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:03,576
DID THE PILOTS
DO THE RIGHT THING?
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00:14:03,610 --> 00:14:07,714
WAS THERE ENOUGH ENERGY
TO MAKE IT BACK TO LaGUARDIA?
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00:14:07,747 --> 00:14:09,983
WHEN WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION
THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
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00:14:10,017 --> 00:14:11,985
THAT CAPTAIN SULLENBERGER
WENT THROUGH,
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00:14:12,019 --> 00:14:14,187
WE REALIZED THAT
IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE
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00:14:14,221 --> 00:14:16,789
TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT.
329
00:14:16,823 --> 00:14:18,225
Sullenberger: WE'RE GONNA BE
IN THE HUDSON.
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00:14:18,258 --> 00:14:20,994
Narrator: PUTTING THE PLANE IN
THE HUDSON WAS THE RIGHT CALL.
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00:14:21,028 --> 00:14:22,930
SULLENBERGER DIDN'T
HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE
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00:14:22,963 --> 00:14:27,968
TO GLIDE TO EITHER LaGUARDIA
OR TETERBORO AIRPORTS.
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00:14:28,001 --> 00:14:30,103
Wilson: WE HAD A VERY
EXPERIENCED FLIGHT CREW
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00:14:30,137 --> 00:14:32,906
WITH VERY GOOD TRAINING.
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00:14:32,940 --> 00:14:34,174
Narrator:
THE ACCIDENT ACCELERATES
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00:14:34,207 --> 00:14:36,576
THE DEVELOPMENT
OF AVIAN RADAR,
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00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:40,981
A TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HELP
PILOTS EVADE FLOCKS OF BIRDS.
338
00:14:41,014 --> 00:14:42,182
IT'S A TOOL
THAT MAY HAVE PREVENTED
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00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:46,119
THE CRISIS OVER THE HUDSON.
340
00:14:46,153 --> 00:14:48,488
BUT IT'S THE SUPREME
PILOTING SKILLS
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00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:53,293
IN THE COCKPIT OF FLIGHT 1549
THAT SAVED LIVES IN THE END.
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00:14:55,695 --> 00:14:56,829
Sullenberger: MY AIRCRAFT.
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Skiles: ALL YOUR TRAINING
THAT YOU'VE DONE,
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00:14:58,932 --> 00:15:02,769
IT ALL JUST COMES BACK TO YOU
WHEN YOU NEED IT.
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00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:03,903
Benzon: WELL,
AT THE SAFETY BOARD,
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00:15:03,937 --> 00:15:06,006
WE DON'T REALLY DEAL
IN MIRACLES VERY OFTEN,
347
00:15:06,039 --> 00:15:08,708
BUT THIS EVENT HAD A LOT
OF THINGS THAT CAME TOGETHER
348
00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:10,843
AT THE RIGHT TIME
AND THE RIGHT PLACE,
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00:15:10,877 --> 00:15:12,845
AND SO A LOT OF US ARE THINKING,
350
00:15:12,879 --> 00:15:15,215
"WELL, MAYBE WE
DO HAVE A MIRACLE HERE."
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00:15:17,050 --> 00:15:19,686
Narrator: CAPTAIN SULLENBERGER
AND FIRST OFFICER SKILES
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00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:22,189
ARE CELEBRATED
AS AVIATION HEROES,
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00:15:22,222 --> 00:15:26,159
BUT BOTH PILOTS ARE QUICK
TO DEFLECT ANY PRAISE.
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00:15:26,193 --> 00:15:27,760
John Nance: THESE GENTLEMEN
WILL LOOK YOU IN THE EYE
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00:15:27,794 --> 00:15:29,129
AND SAY, "I'M NOT A HERO."
356
00:15:29,162 --> 00:15:30,297
WELL, YEAH, THEY ARE,
357
00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:33,433
AND YET THEY DON'T THINK
OF THEMSELVES THAT WAY.
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00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:35,102
THEY NEVER STOPPED
FLYING THE AIRPLANE.
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00:15:35,135 --> 00:15:36,769
THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP.
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00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:38,972
THAT TO ME IS HEROISM.
361
00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:47,547
Narrator: A CANADIAN FLIGHT CREW
FACES A DISASTROUS SITUATION.
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00:15:47,580 --> 00:15:49,716
Bob Pearson: HOW COME
I HAVE NO INSTRUMENTS?
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00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:50,917
David Miller: NOBODY CAN PREDICT
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00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:54,221
EVERYTHING THAT MAY GO WRONG
WITH AN AIRCRAFT.
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00:15:54,254 --> 00:15:55,922
Pearson: OKAY, CHECKLIST.
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Miller: IF THE CHECKLIST
DOES NOT COVER
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00:15:57,824 --> 00:15:59,059
THE SITUATION YOU'RE IN,
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00:15:59,092 --> 00:16:01,794
THEN IT'S GONNA NEED
A LITTLE BIT OF FREE THINKING
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00:16:01,828 --> 00:16:03,863
FROM THE CREW'S POINT OF VIEW.
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00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:05,065
Pearson: I GUESS
I'LL JUST SLIP IT.
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Narrator: SOMETIMES
THAT MEANS COMMITTING
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00:16:07,034 --> 00:16:09,669
TO AN UNTHINKABLE
EMERGENCY LANDING.
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HIGH ABOVE
THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE,
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AIR CANADA FLIGHT 143
CARRYING 61 PASSENGERS
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00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:20,847
IS JUST PAST THE HALFWAY MARK
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00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,650
FROM MONTREAL
TO EDMONTON, ALBERTA.
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00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,889
THE CAPTAIN ON THIS FLIGHT
IS BOB PEARSON.
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00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:31,058
HE'S 48 YEARS OLD,
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00:16:31,091 --> 00:16:35,895
AND HE'S SPENT MORE THAN
15,000 HOURS IN THE AIR.
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00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:37,664
HIS FIRST OFFICER
IS MAURICE QUINTAL,
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00:16:37,697 --> 00:16:42,069
WHO HAS MORE THAN
7,000 HOURS OF FLYING TIME.
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00:16:42,102 --> 00:16:45,105
Pearson: WE HAD, UH,
DEPARTED HEADING NORTHWEST,
383
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A NICE, CLEAR SUNNY DAY.
384
00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:51,078
WE HAD A FLIGHT PLAN
OF 39,000 FEET.
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00:16:51,111 --> 00:16:52,479
Narrator: THE CREW
MAY HAVE ACCUMULATED
386
00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:56,783
A LOT OF HOURS IN THE AIR,
BUT VERY FEW IN THIS PLANE.
387
00:16:56,816 --> 00:17:02,855
IT'S BOEING'S LATEST AND MOST
ADVANCED WIDE-BODY JET, THE 767.
388
00:17:02,889 --> 00:17:07,460
THE PLANE HAS
ONLY 150 HOURS ON IT.
389
00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:08,828
Maurice Quintal:
THIS WAS A NEW AIRCRAFT
390
00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:11,064
FOR BOTH THE CAPTAIN AND I.
391
00:17:11,098 --> 00:17:13,933
AT THE TIME, I HAD
75 HOURS ON THAT AIRPLANE,
392
00:17:13,966 --> 00:17:16,969
SO EVERYTHING WAS NEW FOR ME.
393
00:17:17,003 --> 00:17:19,072
Narrator: PILOTS AND
MAINTENANCE CREWS ARE BOTH
394
00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:23,009
STILL GETTING TO KNOW
THIS AIRLINER.
395
00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:24,544
ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD
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00:17:24,577 --> 00:17:29,015
IS OFF-DUTY AIR CANADA
MAINTENANCE ENGINEER RICK DION.
397
00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:32,185
HE'S ORIENTING HIMSELF
TO THE NEW AIRCRAFT.
398
00:17:32,219 --> 00:17:34,387
*
399
00:17:34,421 --> 00:17:39,192
[ALARM BEEPING]
400
00:17:39,226 --> 00:17:41,094
Quintal: FUEL PRESSURE?
401
00:17:41,128 --> 00:17:42,695
WHY WOULD THAT BE?
402
00:17:42,729 --> 00:17:43,963
Pearson: WHOA.
403
00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:46,999
Narrator: A WARNING ALERTS THE
CREW TO CRITICALLY LOW PRESSURE
404
00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:49,035
AT ONE OF THE PLANE'S
FUEL PUMPS.
405
00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:50,837
Quintal: SOMETHING'S WRONG
WITH THE FUEL PUMP.
406
00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:55,041
Narrator: THE LOW PRESSURE
WARNING COULD MEAN
407
00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:57,110
THAT ONE OF THE PUMPS
NEEDS MAINTENANCE,
408
00:17:57,144 --> 00:17:59,912
BUT IT COULD ALSO BE
A MORE SERIOUS ISSUE,
409
00:17:59,946 --> 00:18:01,748
A LACK OF FUEL TO BE PUMPED.
410
00:18:01,781 --> 00:18:03,015
Pearson: LEFT FORWARD FUEL PUMP.
411
00:18:03,049 --> 00:18:05,952
I HOPE IT'S JUST A BLOODY PUMP
FAILING, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
412
00:18:05,985 --> 00:18:09,656
Narrator: THEN, ANOTHER LOW
FUEL PRESSURE WARNING SOUNDS,
413
00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:13,760
THIS ONE FROM ANOTHER FUEL PUMP
ON THE PLANE'S LEFT SIDE.
414
00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:18,465
[ALARM BEEPING]
415
00:18:18,498 --> 00:18:22,135
Pearson: THIS SEEMED
QUITE ABNORMAL
416
00:18:22,169 --> 00:18:26,206
THAT TWO PUMPS WOULD FAIL
IN A BRAND-NEW AIRPLANE.
417
00:18:26,239 --> 00:18:30,109
WE HAD SOME KIND OF A PROBLEM
THAT WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
418
00:18:30,143 --> 00:18:33,913
Rick Dion: YOU MIGHT BE LOW
ON THE LEFT TANK.
419
00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:35,081
Narrator: CAPTAIN PEARSON KNOWS
420
00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:37,850
THAT IF THE LEFT TANK
IS RUNNING LOW,
421
00:18:37,884 --> 00:18:39,952
THE RIGHT TANK
MAY BE LOW AS WELL.
422
00:18:39,986 --> 00:18:43,923
[BEEPING]
423
00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:47,694
Pearson: WHAT WAS THAT?
424
00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:49,996
Narrator: AND THEN,
A FUEL WARNING SOUNDS,
425
00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:54,701
CONFIRMING THAT FLIGHT 143 IS,
IN FACT, RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.
426
00:18:57,704 --> 00:19:01,974
WITHOUT POWER FROM THE ENGINES,
THE EMERGENCY WORSENS.
427
00:19:02,008 --> 00:19:04,177
[ALARM BEEPING]
428
00:19:07,180 --> 00:19:09,682
Pearson: HOW COME
I HAVE NO INSTRUMENTS?
429
00:19:09,716 --> 00:19:14,987
OUR BEAUTIFUL COLORED ENGINE
AND FLIGHT INSTRUMENT DISPLAYS
430
00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:17,924
SIMPLY WENT BLACK.
431
00:19:17,957 --> 00:19:20,860
Narrator: THE CREW IS STILL
MORE THAN 700 MILES AWAY
432
00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:26,132
FROM THEIR ORIGINAL
DESTINATION--EDMONTON, ALBERTA.
433
00:19:26,165 --> 00:19:28,801
THEY CONTACT THE CLOSEST
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER
434
00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:32,705
TO HELP THEM FIND
THE NEAREST LANDING STRIP.
435
00:19:32,739 --> 00:19:35,041
Quintal: WINNIPEG CENTER,
AIR CANADA 143.
436
00:19:35,074 --> 00:19:36,976
Ron Hewett:
AIR CANADA 143, GO AHEAD.
437
00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:38,811
Quintal: WE JUST LOST
BOTH ENGINES.
438
00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:44,050
Hewett: WHEN BOTH ENGINES,
UH, SHUT OFF, UH,
439
00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:46,018
I THINK YOU SAID, HOLY...
440
00:19:46,052 --> 00:19:47,720
I'M TALKING TO A DEAD MAN.
441
00:19:47,754 --> 00:19:51,958
UH, 143, WE HAVE YOU
AT 45 MILES FROM GIMLI.
442
00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:54,827
Quintal: THAT IS A LONG RUNWAY.
443
00:19:54,861 --> 00:19:57,897
Pearson: UH, IS THERE
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AT GIMLI?
444
00:20:01,568 --> 00:20:03,736
Narrator: THE CLOSEST OPTION
FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING
445
00:20:03,770 --> 00:20:09,542
IS A DECOMMISSIONED AIR FORCE
BASE IN GIMLI, MANITOBA.
446
00:20:09,576 --> 00:20:11,511
Hewett: NEGATIVE EMERGENCY
EQUIPMENT AT ALL,
447
00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:14,614
JUST ONE RUNWAY AVAILABLE,
I BELIEVE,
448
00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:18,117
AND, UH, NO CONTROL TOWER
AND NO INFORMATION ON IT.
449
00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:21,588
Narrator: IT'S A HIGHLY
DANGEROUS MOVE.
450
00:20:21,621 --> 00:20:24,757
THERE'S NO CONTROL TOWER
AT GIMLI
451
00:20:24,791 --> 00:20:28,261
AND NO EMERGENCY SERVICES.
452
00:20:28,295 --> 00:20:31,163
Pearson: WE'RE GONNA GO THERE.
453
00:20:31,197 --> 00:20:32,932
WE WERE TRAINED IN THE SIMULATOR
454
00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:35,234
TO HANDLE
A SINGLE ENGINE FAILURE.
455
00:20:35,268 --> 00:20:39,506
WE HAD NEVER PRACTICED
TOTAL ENGINE FAILURES.
456
00:20:39,539 --> 00:20:42,509
Narrator: BUT AS THE PLANE
GETS CLOSER TO THE GIMLI RUNWAY,
457
00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:45,244
BOB PEARSON REALIZES
HE'S MUCH TOO HIGH ABOVE IT
458
00:20:45,278 --> 00:20:48,014
TO LAND SAFELY.
459
00:20:48,047 --> 00:20:49,649
Quintal: WE'RE TOO CLOSE, HUH?
460
00:20:49,682 --> 00:20:52,084
IT'S GOING TO BE
TOO STEEP, TOO FAST.
461
00:20:52,118 --> 00:20:55,154
Pearson: YEAH, I KNOW.
462
00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:56,723
IN A NORMAL APPROACH,
463
00:20:56,756 --> 00:20:59,826
WE HAVE, UH, LEADING EDGE
AND TRAILING EDGE FLAPS,
464
00:20:59,859 --> 00:21:02,128
WHICH ALLOW US
TO SLOW THE AIRPLANE DOWN
465
00:21:02,161 --> 00:21:05,031
AND FLY AT A SLOWER SPEED
SAFELY.
466
00:21:05,064 --> 00:21:07,133
WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE FLAPS,
467
00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:09,869
AS THEY RUN OFF
THE MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.
468
00:21:11,904 --> 00:21:14,674
Narrator: IF HE COMES DOWN
AT A NORMAL DESCENT RATE,
469
00:21:14,707 --> 00:21:18,277
HE'LL MISS THE LANDING STRIP,
BUT IF HE COMES DOWN STEEPLY,
470
00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:20,980
HIS PLANE WILL GATHER
A DANGEROUS AMOUNT OF SPEED.
471
00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:25,818
HE WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP
BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY.
472
00:21:25,852 --> 00:21:29,856
Pearson: WELL, I GUESS
I'LL JUST SLIP IT.
473
00:21:29,889 --> 00:21:33,660
Narrator: PEARSON DECIDES TO TRY
A MANEUVER CALLED A SIDESLIP,
474
00:21:33,693 --> 00:21:36,262
PRACTICALLY UNHEARD OF
ON COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS
475
00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:39,231
BUT SOMETIMES USED
BY GLIDER PILOTS.
476
00:21:39,265 --> 00:21:40,266
EVEN THOUGH BOB PEARSON
477
00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:42,835
HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
FLYING GLIDERS,
478
00:21:42,869 --> 00:21:45,137
HE HAS NEVER PERFORMED
THIS MANEUVER.
479
00:21:45,171 --> 00:21:46,238
Pearson: I'M JUST GONNA
SLIP IT DOWN
480
00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:47,907
TILL WE'RE ALMOST
DOWN AT THE RUNWAY,
481
00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:50,009
THEN I'LL STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.
482
00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:51,110
Quintal: OKAY.
483
00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,211
Narrator: SIDESLIPPING INVOLVES
484
00:21:52,244 --> 00:21:54,981
WHAT'S KNOWN AS
CROSSING THE CONTROLS.
485
00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:55,915
Pearson: HERE WE GO.
486
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:00,720
Narrator: PEARSON
FORCES THE AIRCRAFT
487
00:22:00,753 --> 00:22:05,057
INTO A SIDEWAYS FREEFALL,
USING HIS RUDDERS AND AILERONS
488
00:22:05,091 --> 00:22:06,859
TO TIP THE WINGS
IN ONE DIRECTION
489
00:22:06,893 --> 00:22:09,862
BUT TURN THE AIRCRAFT
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION,
490
00:22:09,896 --> 00:22:14,967
PUSHING IT SIDEWAYS
INTO THE ONCOMING AIR.
491
00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:18,270
THE 767 LOSES ALTITUDE QUICKLY.
492
00:22:18,304 --> 00:22:20,873
Quintal: THE BANK ANGLE
WAS QUITE HIGH.
493
00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:22,274
IF IT WAS AWKWARD FOR ME,
494
00:22:22,308 --> 00:22:24,944
I CAN IMAGINE
FOR THE PASSENGERS,
495
00:22:24,977 --> 00:22:27,747
IT MUST REALLY HAVE FELT ODD.
496
00:22:31,317 --> 00:22:33,820
Narrator: AS FLIGHT 143
PLUMMETS TOWARDS
497
00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:37,824
A FORMER CANADIAN AIR FORCE BASE
IN GIMLI, MANITOBA,
498
00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:41,728
CAPTAIN BOB PEARSON FOCUSES
ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY.
499
00:22:41,761 --> 00:22:43,129
IF HE CAN'T
STRAIGHTEN OUT THE PLANE
500
00:22:43,162 --> 00:22:47,767
AND LINE UP WITH THE RUNWAY,
HE WON'T GET A SECOND CHANCE.
501
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,736
Pearson:
I GOT TUNNEL VISION, UH,
502
00:22:49,769 --> 00:22:51,704
LIKE I'VE NEVER
HAD IT BEFORE.
503
00:22:51,738 --> 00:22:55,241
IT WAS JUST OUR SPEED
AND OUR RELATIONSHIP
504
00:22:55,274 --> 00:22:58,010
WITH THE THRESHOLD
OF THE RUNWAY.
505
00:22:58,044 --> 00:23:00,713
Narrator: BUT ONLY HUNDREDS
OF FEET FROM THE GROUND,
506
00:23:00,747 --> 00:23:03,916
PEARSON'S PROBLEMS MULTIPLY.
507
00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:07,987
THE GIMLI LANDING STRIP
HAS BEEN CONVERTED
508
00:23:08,020 --> 00:23:10,690
INTO A DRAG-RACING STRIP.
509
00:23:13,793 --> 00:23:17,029
TODAY IS SATURDAY,
AND IT'S NOT JUST RACE DAY.
510
00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:18,865
IT'S FAMILY DAY.
511
00:23:21,033 --> 00:23:25,738
TWO CHILDREN HAVE DECIDED TO
PEDAL THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY.
512
00:23:25,772 --> 00:23:29,008
THEY DON'T HEAR THE PLANE
COMING TOWARD THEM.
513
00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:31,043
WITHOUT ENGINES, IT'S SILENT.
514
00:23:31,077 --> 00:23:36,849
AND ONE THING THE 767
DOESN'T HAVE IS A HORN.
515
00:23:36,883 --> 00:23:39,118
Flight attendant: BRACE!
BRACE FOR LANDING!
516
00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:49,562
*
517
00:23:49,596 --> 00:23:51,764
Pearson: THE NOSE HIT WITH
QUITE A BANG ON THE RUNWAY.
518
00:23:51,798 --> 00:23:54,867
IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN
GOING OFF AT OUR FEET.
519
00:23:54,901 --> 00:23:56,803
Narrator: THE FRONT LANDING GEAR
GIVES OUT IMMEDIATELY
520
00:23:56,836 --> 00:23:59,839
AFTER FLIGHT 143 TOUCHES DOWN.
521
00:23:59,872 --> 00:24:03,576
PEARSON BRAKES HARD.
TWO TIRES BLOW OUT.
522
00:24:03,610 --> 00:24:06,145
THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT ENGINE
SCRAPES THE RUNWAY.
523
00:24:10,082 --> 00:24:15,655
Pearson: AND I LOOKED UP, AND I
COULD SEE TWO BOYS ON BICYCLES.
524
00:24:15,688 --> 00:24:18,891
AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE
LOOK OF TERROR ON THEIR FACES,
525
00:24:18,925 --> 00:24:23,763
SO THEY WERE CLOSE ENOUGH
FOR ME TO SEE THAT.
526
00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:24,831
Narrator: SKIDDING
DOWN THE RUNWAY
527
00:24:24,864 --> 00:24:28,067
AT MORE THAN
200 MILES AN HOUR...
528
00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:29,035
Quintal: SMOKE, BOB.
529
00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:30,803
Narrator: ...THE PLANE PLOWS
INTO A GUARDRAIL
530
00:24:30,837 --> 00:24:33,673
INSTALLED DOWN THE MIDDLE
OF THE RUNWAY.
531
00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:46,853
Pearson: PASSENGER
EVACUATION CHECKLIST.
532
00:24:46,886 --> 00:24:48,955
Quintal: PASSENGER CHECKLIST.
533
00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:51,891
Narrator: 17 MINUTES
AFTER RUNNING OUT OF FUEL,
534
00:24:51,924 --> 00:24:55,762
AIR CANADA FLIGHT 143 COMES
TO A FINAL STOP ON THE GROUND.
535
00:24:55,795 --> 00:24:56,863
Quintal: CHECKLIST COMPLETE.
536
00:24:56,896 --> 00:24:58,197
Pearson:
TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE.
537
00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:04,637
*
538
00:25:04,671 --> 00:25:08,641
ALL THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD
SURVIVE THE INCIDENT.
539
00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:10,843
Hewett: I HEARD
ON THE WEST RADAR FREQUENCY,
540
00:25:10,877 --> 00:25:14,313
HE'S DOWN OKAY,
HE'S IN ONE PIECE,
541
00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:18,084
AND THAT'S WHEN
OUR CHEER WENT UP.
542
00:25:18,117 --> 00:25:20,052
[LAUGHS]
543
00:25:20,086 --> 00:25:22,589
I SAID, OKAY!
544
00:25:22,622 --> 00:25:24,924
BECAUSE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
545
00:25:24,957 --> 00:25:27,994
WERE GONNA SLEEP
IN THEIR OWN BED THAT NIGHT.
546
00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:42,842
Reporter: AIR CANADA FLIGHT 143
GLIDED SILENTLY, APPARENTLY...
547
00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:43,876
Narrator: THE EVENT MAKES
548
00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:46,478
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES
IMMEDIATELY.
549
00:25:46,512 --> 00:25:49,381
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ASKING HOW
ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED
550
00:25:49,415 --> 00:25:52,985
PASSENGER PLANES IN THE WORLD
COULD HAVE RUN OUT OF FUEL.
551
00:25:55,955 --> 00:25:57,757
FEDERAL INVESTIGATOR BILL TAYLOR
552
00:25:57,790 --> 00:26:00,860
WONDERS IF FUEL
ON BOARD FLIGHT 143
553
00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:04,664
COULD HAVE LEAKED OUT
DURING THE FLIGHT.
554
00:26:04,697 --> 00:26:05,932
Bill Taylor: I EVEN
WENT SO FAR AS TO GO
555
00:26:05,965 --> 00:26:08,601
INTO WHAT THEY CALL
THE DRY BAY OF THE AIRCRAFT.
556
00:26:08,635 --> 00:26:09,802
I HAD A LOOK AROUND
WITH THE FLASHLIGHT
557
00:26:09,836 --> 00:26:11,003
AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS
558
00:26:11,037 --> 00:26:14,206
NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL
HAVING BEEN LOST IN THERE.
559
00:26:16,943 --> 00:26:19,045
Narrator: WITH NO EVIDENCE
OF A FUEL LEAK,
560
00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:22,749
THIS LEAVES INVESTIGATORS
WITH ONLY ONE CONCLUSION.
561
00:26:22,782 --> 00:26:26,653
THE PLANE TOOK OFF
WITHOUT ENOUGH FUEL.
562
00:26:26,686 --> 00:26:30,056
THEY NEED TO FIND OUT WHY.
563
00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:34,894
IN 1983, AIR CANADA'S 767
WAS THE FIRST PLANE
564
00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:38,898
TO HAVE METRIC FUEL GAUGES.
565
00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:42,101
INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER THAT
THE GROUND CREW MADE A MISTAKE
566
00:26:42,134 --> 00:26:47,674
CALCULATING THE PROPER AMOUNT
OF FUEL FOR THE AIRPLANE.
567
00:26:47,707 --> 00:26:51,077
Taylor: SO, DID YOU CONVERT
TO POUNDS OR TO KILOGRAMS?
568
00:26:53,746 --> 00:26:55,748
Man: NOW I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I DID.
569
00:27:00,486 --> 00:27:05,892
Narrator: IT TURNS OUT THEY USED
POUNDS INSTEAD OF KILOGRAMS.
570
00:27:05,925 --> 00:27:08,961
BECAUSE A POUND
IS LESS THAN HALF A KILOGRAM,
571
00:27:08,995 --> 00:27:12,799
THE PLANE GOT LESS THAN HALF
THE FUEL IT REQUIRED.
572
00:27:14,801 --> 00:27:18,938
TWO DAYS AFTER THE LANDING
AT GIMLI, AIR CANADA'S 767
573
00:27:18,971 --> 00:27:23,943
WAS BACK IN THE AIR ON ITS WAY
TO WINNIPEG FOR REPAIRS.
574
00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:27,279
THE PLANE IS GIVEN A NICKNAME
THAT BOB PEARSON EARNED FOR IT--
575
00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:29,015
THE GIMLI GLIDER.
576
00:27:29,048 --> 00:27:32,985
Pearson: AS MUCH AS I'VE TRAINED
FOR ALL THOSE YEARS,
577
00:27:33,019 --> 00:27:36,789
THERE'S ALWAYS THAT QUESTION
ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA PERFORM
578
00:27:36,823 --> 00:27:38,024
WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN.
579
00:27:38,057 --> 00:27:48,634
*
580
00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:50,636
Narrator: AFTER THE INCIDENT
AT GIMLI,
581
00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:52,671
PILOT TRAINING
FOR COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE
582
00:27:52,705 --> 00:27:54,841
IS PUT INTO EFFECT.
583
00:27:54,874 --> 00:27:56,175
Miller: I WAS FLYING
AT THE TIME,
584
00:27:56,208 --> 00:28:00,046
AND THE COMPANY INTRODUCED
A RANGE OF TRAINING SESSIONS
585
00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:04,851
IN THE SIMULATOR FLYING
AN AIRCRAFT WITH NO ENGINES,
586
00:28:04,884 --> 00:28:06,685
FLYING IT LIKE A GLIDER,
587
00:28:06,719 --> 00:28:08,320
TRYING TO APPRECIATE
ITS PERFORMANCE
588
00:28:08,354 --> 00:28:10,723
WITH NO THRUST AT ALL.
589
00:28:12,091 --> 00:28:13,926
Narrator: BUT ARE
TRAINING EFFORTS ENOUGH
590
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,928
TO PREVENT A TWIN-ENGINE FAILURE
591
00:28:15,962 --> 00:28:19,498
FROM TURNING INTO A CATASTROPHIC
INCIDENT FIVE YEARS LATER?
592
00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:21,901
Dionisio Lopez: MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
TACA 110. WE LOST AN ENGINE!
593
00:28:21,934 --> 00:28:22,935
Carlos Dardano: BOTH ENGINES.
594
00:28:22,969 --> 00:28:25,938
Lopez: BOTH ENGINES, SIR!
595
00:28:25,972 --> 00:28:28,507
Dardano: OKAY,
WHERE DO I PUT THIS THING DOWN?
596
00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:31,210
[ALARM BEEPING]
597
00:28:31,243 --> 00:28:34,380
[THUNDER]
598
00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:40,887
Narrator: EL SALVADORAN
TACA AIRLINES FLIGHT 110
599
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,956
FLIES ABOVE THE GULF OF MEXICO.
600
00:28:45,992 --> 00:28:47,927
THE PLANE IS CARRYING
38 PASSENGERS
601
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,863
HEADED FOR NEW ORLEANS.
602
00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:52,999
Lee Burmeister: GRACIAS.
603
00:28:55,868 --> 00:28:57,804
Narrator: 30 MILES
FROM ITS DESTINATION,
604
00:28:57,837 --> 00:29:02,374
THE PLANE BEGINS
ITS FINAL DESCENT.
605
00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:03,976
IT WON'T BE A ROUTINE LANDING
606
00:29:04,010 --> 00:29:08,714
FOR CAPTAIN CARLOS DARDANO
AND HIS CREW.
607
00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:09,882
THERE'S A VIOLENT HAILSTORM
608
00:29:09,916 --> 00:29:12,718
BETWEEN THE PLANE
AND THE AIRPORT.
609
00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:15,621
Dardano: IT FEEL LIKE
YOU HIT A WALL.
610
00:29:15,654 --> 00:29:18,991
THERE WAS SEVERE TURBULENCE
IN THE COCKPIT
611
00:29:19,025 --> 00:29:23,830
WITH A LOT OF NOISE
WITH ICE HITTING THE AIRPLANE.
612
00:29:24,931 --> 00:29:26,032
Donald Eick: WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE EQUIVALENT
613
00:29:26,065 --> 00:29:28,367
OF AN ATOMIC BOMB GOING OFF.
614
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,769
[THUNDER]
615
00:29:30,803 --> 00:29:33,873
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY.
616
00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:36,909
Burmeister: IT WAS AWFUL.
LOTS AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING.
617
00:29:36,943 --> 00:29:39,145
AND THE, THE PLANE WAS HAVING
A PRETTY ROUGH TRIP.
618
00:29:39,178 --> 00:29:42,181
WE WERE, WE WERE GETTING
TUMBLED AROUND PRETTY GOOD.
619
00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:48,120
Narrator: CAPTAIN CARLOS DARDANO
WAS BORN TO FLY.
620
00:29:48,154 --> 00:29:49,188
AT JUST 29,
621
00:29:49,221 --> 00:29:52,959
HE IS THE THIRD GENERATION
IN A FAMILY OF PILOTS.
622
00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:54,994
Dardano:
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE CHILD,
623
00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:58,664
I REMEMBER THAT I WAS DREAMING
ON BEING A PILOT
624
00:29:58,697 --> 00:30:01,733
AND BEING AROUND AIRPLANES
ALL THE TIME.
625
00:30:01,767 --> 00:30:04,636
Narrator: CAPTAIN DARDANO HAS
OVERCOME TREMENDOUS OBSTACLES
626
00:30:04,670 --> 00:30:06,873
TO EARN HIS WINGS.
627
00:30:06,906 --> 00:30:09,909
SIX YEARS EARLIER, IN 1982,
HE WAS FLYING
628
00:30:09,942 --> 00:30:13,846
FOR A SMALL GENERAL AVIATION
COMPANY IN EL SALVADOR.
629
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,982
Dardano: I WAS DOING
A LITTLE AERO-TAXI BUSINESS
630
00:30:16,015 --> 00:30:17,984
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
631
00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:20,819
Narrator: EL SALVADOR
WAS CONSUMED BY A CIVIL WAR,
632
00:30:20,853 --> 00:30:23,822
AND DARDANO FOUND HIMSELF
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE.
633
00:30:23,856 --> 00:30:27,759
Dardano: I WAS SHOT
BY GUERRILLAS IN THE FACE.
634
00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:28,928
Narrator: BADLY WOUNDED,
635
00:30:28,961 --> 00:30:32,164
HE MANAGED TO FLY
HIS PASSENGERS TO SAFETY.
636
00:30:32,198 --> 00:30:35,935
Dardano: AND I FLEW 20 MINUTES
BACK TO THE MAIN AIRPORT.
637
00:30:35,968 --> 00:30:38,637
Narrator: THE BRUSH WITH DEATH
COST HIM HIS LEFT EYE.
638
00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:43,442
Dardano: I WAS SHOT OVER HERE.
THE BULLET WENT THROUGH.
639
00:30:43,475 --> 00:30:46,612
Narrator: BUT DARDANO
DID NOT GIVE UP ON HIS DREAM.
640
00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:48,014
DESPITE HIS IMPAIRED VISION,
641
00:30:48,047 --> 00:30:51,951
HE WENT ON TO BECOME
A CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL PILOT.
642
00:30:51,984 --> 00:30:54,987
Lopez: ANTI-ICE, ON.
643
00:30:55,021 --> 00:30:56,923
Narrator: FIRST OFFICER
DIONISIO LOPEZ
644
00:30:56,956 --> 00:30:59,091
HAS MORE THAN
12,000 FLIGHT HOURS.
645
00:30:59,125 --> 00:31:03,829
HE AND DARDANO HAVE
FLOWN TOGETHER MANY TIMES.
646
00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,898
Controller:
TACA 110, RUNWAY 28,
647
00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:08,867
DESCEND AT PILOT'S DISCRETION.
MAINTAIN 4,000.
648
00:31:08,901 --> 00:31:11,237
Lopez: TACA 110, 4,000.
649
00:31:13,239 --> 00:31:15,975
Narrator: CAPTAIN ARTURO SOLEY
IS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
650
00:31:16,008 --> 00:31:17,209
WITH TACA AIRLINES.
651
00:31:17,243 --> 00:31:19,912
HE'S ON BOARD TODAY
TO OBSERVE THE PERFORMANCE
652
00:31:19,946 --> 00:31:23,082
OF THE NEW 737-300.
653
00:31:26,052 --> 00:31:29,088
Dardano: THIS HAIL IS
GOING TO SCRATCH THE PAINT.
654
00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:36,929
ASK THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
TO TAKE THEIR SEATS.
655
00:31:36,963 --> 00:31:40,099
Lopez: FLIGHT ATTENDANTS,
PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.
656
00:31:40,132 --> 00:31:44,003
Narrator: SUDDENLY, LESS THAN
17,000 FEET FROM THE GROUND,
657
00:31:44,036 --> 00:31:46,205
THE FLIGHT BECOMES
MORE TERRIFYING.
658
00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:52,611
*
659
00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:53,679
Dardano: EVERYTHING WENT BLACK.
660
00:31:53,712 --> 00:31:57,950
ALL THE ALARMS JUST START
SOUNDING IN THE COCKPIT.
661
00:31:57,984 --> 00:32:00,953
ALL THE INSTRUMENTS WENT OUT.
662
00:32:00,987 --> 00:32:03,990
SO, I HIT THE THROTTLES
A COUPLE OF TIMES
663
00:32:04,023 --> 00:32:08,060
TRYING TO JUST GO TO BASICS,
CONTROL THE AIRPLANE.
664
00:32:08,094 --> 00:32:10,462
WE LOST POWER ON THE ENGINES.
665
00:32:10,496 --> 00:32:13,365
THEN I FIND OUT
THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER.
666
00:32:13,399 --> 00:32:15,467
I'VE GOT NOTHING.
667
00:32:15,501 --> 00:32:17,803
Narrator: THE PLANE
HAS ENOUGH SPEED TO GLIDE,
668
00:32:17,836 --> 00:32:20,106
BUT NOT FOR LONG.
669
00:32:20,139 --> 00:32:23,575
IT'S RAPIDLY LOSING ALTITUDE.
670
00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:27,679
Lopez: WE ARE DROPPING
AT 1,500 FEET PER MINUTE.
671
00:32:27,713 --> 00:32:31,017
Dardano: WELL, WE KNEW
WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME.
672
00:32:31,050 --> 00:32:34,620
LOPEZ, WATCH THE GAUGES.
673
00:32:34,653 --> 00:32:36,888
Narrator: WITHOUT ENGINES,
THE ODDS OF SURVIVAL
674
00:32:36,922 --> 00:32:39,992
ARE DROPPING
WITH EVERY PASSING SECOND.
675
00:32:40,026 --> 00:32:41,927
Dardano: COMMUNICATE
TO NEW ORLEANS.
676
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,196
GET US OUT OF THIS STORM
AND ONTO A RUNWAY.
677
00:32:44,230 --> 00:32:45,964
Lopez: MAYDAY. MAYDAY. TACA 110.
678
00:32:45,998 --> 00:32:47,866
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE STORM, SIR.
679
00:32:47,899 --> 00:32:49,935
WE NEED VECTORS
TO THE RUNWAY NOW, SIR.
680
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:50,936
WE LOST AN ENGINE.
681
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,038
Dardano: BOTH ENGINES.
682
00:32:52,071 --> 00:32:54,740
Lopez: BOTH ENGINES, SIR.
BOTH ENGINES.
683
00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:59,011
Controller: UNDERSTAND,
BOTH ENGINES, TACA 110, ROGER.
684
00:32:59,045 --> 00:33:00,812
Narrator: THE CONTROLLER
KNOWS HE NEEDS TO GET
685
00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:01,847
THE RAPIDLY FALLING PLANE
686
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,982
ON THE GROUND
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
687
00:33:04,016 --> 00:33:07,053
EVEN IF IT MEANS
SENDING IT TO ANOTHER AIRPORT.
688
00:33:07,086 --> 00:33:11,490
Controller: TACA 110, ROGER.
TURN LEFT HEADING 2-8-0.
689
00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:14,726
VECTORS TO NAVY CALLENDER
RUNWAY 22.
690
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:19,031
Narrator: FLIGHT 110 IS STILL
20 MILES FROM NEW ORLEANS.
691
00:33:19,065 --> 00:33:20,932
THE STRICKEN PLANE
HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF LANDING
692
00:33:20,966 --> 00:33:25,637
AT A U.S. NAVAL BASE
16 MILES AWAY.
693
00:33:25,671 --> 00:33:27,839
BUT THE PLANE WILL NOT MAKE IT
TO ANY AIRPORT
694
00:33:27,873 --> 00:33:30,909
UNLESS THE CREW GETS AT LEAST
ONE OF THE ENGINES STARTED.
695
00:33:30,942 --> 00:33:33,312
Lopez: 28...29...30.
696
00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:34,813
HIT IT.
697
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:42,488
[WHIRRING]
698
00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:44,856
Narrator: ONLY 5,000 FEET
FROM THE GROUND,
699
00:33:44,890 --> 00:33:46,692
THE LEFT ENGINE IGNITES.
700
00:33:46,725 --> 00:33:47,626
Lopez: SPEED.
701
00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:55,901
[EXHALES]
702
00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:58,604
Dardano: OKAY, GOOD JOB.
703
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:03,875
START WORKING ON THE OTHER ONE.
704
00:34:03,909 --> 00:34:05,977
THE PLANE CAN FLY
WITH ONLY ONE ENGINE,
705
00:34:06,011 --> 00:34:08,580
BUT TWO ENGINES WOULD BE SAFER.
706
00:34:08,614 --> 00:34:10,216
Lopez: OKAY, WE HAVE
ONE ENGINE BACK ON.
707
00:34:10,249 --> 00:34:13,219
REQUEST VECTORS TO NEW ORLEANS.
708
00:34:13,252 --> 00:34:17,022
Controller: UH, TACA 110, WILCO.
FLY HEADING TWO-NINER-ZERO.
709
00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:18,924
VECTOR AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS
TO YOUR RIGHT.
710
00:34:18,957 --> 00:34:21,593
[WHIRRING]
711
00:34:21,627 --> 00:34:24,530
THEN, THE SECOND ENGINE
COMES BACK ONLINE.
712
00:34:24,563 --> 00:34:26,198
Arturo Soley:
AND HERE COMES THE OTHER ONE.
713
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,035
Lopez: SPEED.
714
00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:32,138
Dardano: ALL RIGHT.
715
00:34:32,171 --> 00:34:34,906
Soley: AND YOU GOT
BOTH OF THEM NOW.
716
00:34:34,940 --> 00:34:36,208
Narrator:
WITH BOTH ENGINES BACK,
717
00:34:36,242 --> 00:34:39,245
IT APPEARS THE CRISIS IS OVER.
718
00:34:39,278 --> 00:34:41,913
Lopez: OKAY, SIR.
WE HAVE BOTH ENGINES BACK NOW.
719
00:34:41,947 --> 00:34:45,251
WE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN
TO 3-1-0.
720
00:34:45,284 --> 00:34:51,056
*
721
00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:55,194
Dardano: LOOK,
I DON'T FEEL ANY POWER.
722
00:34:55,227 --> 00:34:57,163
WHY DON'T I FEEL ANY POWER?
723
00:35:00,132 --> 00:35:03,202
THE SUCKER IS NOT STARTING.
724
00:35:03,235 --> 00:35:04,970
Narrator: THE ENGINES
APPEAR TO BE RUNNING,
725
00:35:05,003 --> 00:35:10,709
BUT THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING
ANY THRUST.
726
00:35:10,742 --> 00:35:14,546
THEN, THE GAUGES SHOW THAT
THE ENGINES ARE OVERHEATING.
727
00:35:14,580 --> 00:35:18,049
THEY'RE BURNING UP
FROM THE INSIDE.
728
00:35:18,083 --> 00:35:19,785
THE RISK OF BOTH ENGINES
EXPLODING
729
00:35:19,818 --> 00:35:24,122
AND SETTING THE PLANE ON FIRE
NOW LEAVES DARDANO NO CHOICE.
730
00:35:24,156 --> 00:35:27,793
HE MUST DO SOMETHING
NO PILOT WOULD EVER WANT TO DO--
731
00:35:27,826 --> 00:35:33,098
SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES FOR GOOD.
732
00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:37,769
Dardano: I DON'T HAVE ANY POWER
IN THE ENGINES.
733
00:35:37,803 --> 00:35:42,908
Narrator: THE PLANE IS QUICKLY
CLOSING IN ON 3,000 FEET.
734
00:35:42,941 --> 00:35:47,045
AT THE RATE IT'S DROPPING,
IT WON'T MAKE IT TO THE RUNWAY.
735
00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:50,182
Dardano: OKAY,
WHERE DO I PUT THIS THING DOWN?
736
00:35:50,216 --> 00:35:52,984
WE KNEW THAT WE DON'T
HAVE ANY POSSIBILITY
737
00:35:53,018 --> 00:35:54,786
TO RESTART THE ENGINES,
738
00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:58,390
AND WE HAD TO START LOOKING
FOR SOMEPLACE TO LAND.
739
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,129
Narrator: CAPTAIN DARDANO
HAS LESS THAN THREE MINUTES
740
00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:07,799
TO FIND A PLACE TO LAND
HIS CRIPPLED 737.
741
00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:09,501
Controller: TACA 110,
DO YOU HAVE VISUAL REFERENCE
742
00:36:09,535 --> 00:36:11,970
OF THE GROUND AT THIS TIME?
743
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,805
Dardano: YES, SIR.
744
00:36:13,839 --> 00:36:17,743
I WAS SEEING JUST SWAMPY LAND
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
745
00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:21,146
Narrator: NEW ORLEANS IS
SURROUNDED BY CANALS AND LAKES.
746
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,782
THE CITY IS PROTECTED
BY A SYSTEM OF LEVEES,
747
00:36:23,815 --> 00:36:28,019
MAN-MADE BARRIERS
DESIGNED TO PREVENT FLOODING.
748
00:36:28,053 --> 00:36:31,223
IT'S NO PLACE
TO TRY TO LAND A 737.
749
00:36:35,294 --> 00:36:37,796
THE CREW ONLY HAS
ONE OPTION LEFT.
750
00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:40,532
Lopez: I GUESS I'M GONNA HAVE TO
MAKE A DITCHING HERE, SIR.
751
00:36:40,566 --> 00:36:41,967
Narrator: THEY MUST
TAKE THEIR CHANCES
752
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,802
AND PUT THE PLANE
DOWN ON WATER.
753
00:36:43,835 --> 00:36:48,807
Controller: TACA 110, ROGER.
WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, SIR.
754
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,743
Dardano: AND THAT WAS
ABOUT THE LAST COMMUNICATION
755
00:36:51,777 --> 00:36:52,844
WITH THE TOWER.
756
00:36:52,878 --> 00:36:58,817
THEN WE WERE LIKE 1,500 FEET
WHEN THAT WAS GOING ON.
757
00:36:58,850 --> 00:37:00,686
OKAY.
758
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:02,754
THERE.
759
00:37:02,788 --> 00:37:04,590
Lopez: PUT IT DOWN SOFTLY.
760
00:37:04,623 --> 00:37:07,959
Burmeister: IT WAS
A DOOMSDAY KIND OF FEELING,
761
00:37:07,993 --> 00:37:09,995
AND THIS WAS IT.
762
00:37:10,028 --> 00:37:14,165
Narrator: THE 737 CAN ONLY STAY
IN THE AIR FOR ANOTHER MINUTE.
763
00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:16,735
AS DARDANO LOOKS
FOR A SAFE STRETCH OF CANAL
764
00:37:16,768 --> 00:37:19,738
TO DROP THE PLANE IN,
ANOTHER OPTION APPEARS.
765
00:37:19,771 --> 00:37:21,773
Lopez: LOOK!
LOOK AT THAT ONE OVER THERE.
766
00:37:21,807 --> 00:37:25,577
Dardano: AND THEN LOPEZ SAW
THE LEVEE PARALLEL TO THE CANAL
767
00:37:25,611 --> 00:37:27,946
THAT WE WERE MAKING
THE APPROACH ON.
768
00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:29,080
CAN WE PUT IT DOWN
ON THE GRASS?
769
00:37:29,114 --> 00:37:30,782
Lopez: YES, BOSS.
770
00:37:30,816 --> 00:37:32,984
Narrator: THE LEVEE
IS MUCH SHORTER AND NARROWER
771
00:37:33,018 --> 00:37:34,119
THAN A RUNWAY,
772
00:37:34,152 --> 00:37:36,722
BUT IT'S A SAFER CHOICE
THAN THE WATER.
773
00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:39,190
Lopez: THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO GO IN?
774
00:37:39,224 --> 00:37:40,892
Dardano: YOU GOT IT, MY FRIEND.
775
00:37:40,926 --> 00:37:43,595
Narrator: BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO
ACT FAST TO GET THERE.
776
00:37:43,629 --> 00:37:45,831
Dardano: THE LEVEE WAS PARALLEL
TO MY RIGHT.
777
00:37:45,864 --> 00:37:48,600
Narrator: TO HAVE ANY HOPE
OF LANDING ON THE LEVEE,
778
00:37:48,634 --> 00:37:51,703
HE NEEDS TO MAKE A SUDDEN
AND DRAMATIC COURSE CORRECTION.
779
00:37:51,737 --> 00:37:54,540
THAT REQUIRES PERFORMING
THE SAME RISKY MANEUVER
780
00:37:54,573 --> 00:37:57,976
BOB PEARSON USED OVER GIMLI,
A SIDESLIP.
781
00:37:58,009 --> 00:38:02,080
Dardano: SO, WE JUST HAD TO DO
A SIDESLIP TO GET INTO POSITION
782
00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:05,984
TO MAKE A PERFECT LANDING.
783
00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:08,153
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
784
00:38:08,186 --> 00:38:09,287
Burmeister: OH, GOD!
785
00:38:09,321 --> 00:38:11,923
I WAS IN DISBELIEF
THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING.
786
00:38:11,957 --> 00:38:19,765
*
787
00:38:19,798 --> 00:38:22,968
OH, GOD. OH, GOD.
788
00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:24,135
Narrator: WITH ONLY ONE EYE,
789
00:38:24,169 --> 00:38:26,838
CAPTAIN DARDANO
IS UNABLE TO GAUGE DEPTH
790
00:38:26,872 --> 00:38:31,543
AS HE SPEEDS TOWARD THE NARROW
RAIN-SOAKED STRIP OF GRASS.
791
00:38:31,577 --> 00:38:34,580
Burmeister: I WAS PREPARED FOR
THE PLANE TO BLOW UP AND EXPLODE
792
00:38:34,613 --> 00:38:38,950
AND MENTALLY HAD SAID GOODBYE
TO MY FAMILY.
793
00:38:38,984 --> 00:38:41,887
Dardano: THIS IS IT.
794
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,756
Narrator: THERE'S A HIGH CEMENT
WALL IN FRONT OF THE LEVEE
795
00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:46,758
AND A STEEP EMBANKMENT
ON THE LEFT.
796
00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:49,260
THERE MAY NOT BE
ENOUGH ROOM TO LAND.
797
00:38:49,294 --> 00:38:51,062
Lopez: WATCH OUT FOR THE WING
ON THAT SIDE.
798
00:38:51,096 --> 00:38:54,099
Dardano: I SEE IT.
799
00:38:54,132 --> 00:38:55,033
COME ON.
800
00:38:59,137 --> 00:39:01,740
AQUI TE TENGO, BABY.
AQUI TE TENGO.
801
00:39:01,773 --> 00:39:07,613
*
802
00:39:07,646 --> 00:39:11,850
WE TOUCHED DOWN WITH ONE WHEEL
AND THE OTHER ONE.
803
00:39:11,883 --> 00:39:14,853
Narrator: ON THE SOGGY GRASS,
THE PLANE IS IN DANGER
804
00:39:14,886 --> 00:39:17,556
OF SKIDDING OFF THE LEVEE
INTO THE WATER.
805
00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:19,725
Dardano: I WAS TRYING
JUST TO CONTROL THE AIRPLANE,
806
00:39:19,758 --> 00:39:22,293
NOT TO, TO HIT THE BRAKES
AND NOT TO LOSE THE AIRPLANE
807
00:39:22,327 --> 00:39:24,229
AT THE LAST MINUTE,
YOU KNOW?
808
00:39:24,262 --> 00:39:26,031
THE SPOILERS WERE OUT,
809
00:39:26,064 --> 00:39:28,734
SO WE WERE JUST THINKING,
810
00:39:28,767 --> 00:39:31,737
OKAY, WE MAKE IT.
WE MAKE IT. WE MAKE IT.
811
00:39:36,341 --> 00:39:40,011
[LAUGHTER]
812
00:39:40,045 --> 00:39:41,847
Lopez: VERY GOOD!
813
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,282
Soley: VERY GOOD.
VERY GOOD, CHARLIE.
814
00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:46,051
VERY GOOD, MY FRIEND.
815
00:39:46,084 --> 00:39:48,620
[APPLAUSE]
816
00:39:48,654 --> 00:39:49,755
Burmeister:
IT WAS A HARD LANDING,
817
00:39:49,788 --> 00:39:52,558
BUT IT WAS A NICE,
IT WAS A NICE LANDING,
818
00:39:52,591 --> 00:39:55,727
JUST TO BE ALIVE.
819
00:39:55,761 --> 00:39:57,563
Dardano: AND THAT WAS, I THINK,
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LANDING
820
00:39:57,596 --> 00:39:58,864
THAT I EVER MADE.
821
00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:00,699
[APPLAUSE]
822
00:40:00,732 --> 00:40:02,668
Narrator:
EVERYONE ON BOARD FLIGHT 110
823
00:40:02,701 --> 00:40:05,871
SURVIVES THE TREACHEROUS
EMERGENCY LANDING.
824
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:09,741
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY,
825
00:40:09,775 --> 00:40:15,080
A 737 WITHOUT ENGINES HAS LANDED
SAFELY OUTSIDE AN AIRPORT.
826
00:40:16,615 --> 00:40:18,550
Nance: TO END UP WITH A JETLINER
SITTING ON A LEVEE,
827
00:40:18,584 --> 00:40:20,819
HAVING LANDED THERE,
BEING PERFECTLY INTACT,
828
00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:23,989
UH, IS ALMOST
AN UNBELIEVABLE SIGHT.
829
00:40:24,022 --> 00:40:26,758
IT'S BEYOND INCREDIBLE.
830
00:40:26,792 --> 00:40:31,863
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS NEED TO
FIND OUT WHY THE ENGINES FAILED.
831
00:40:31,897 --> 00:40:34,232
IF THE STORM CAUSED THEM
TO SHUT DOWN,
832
00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:37,769
THOUSANDS OF PLANES
COULD BE AT RISK.
833
00:40:37,803 --> 00:40:40,539
Al Weaver: IT'S CONSIDERED
A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE
834
00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:43,709
FOR ENGINES TO HAVE
FLAMED OUT IN FLIGHT,
835
00:40:43,742 --> 00:40:46,545
AND THEREFORE,
THE CONCENTRATION WAS,
836
00:40:46,578 --> 00:40:49,114
WHAT POSSIBILITY
WOULD CAUSE THIS?
837
00:40:49,147 --> 00:40:50,148
Lopez: ON.
838
00:40:50,181 --> 00:40:55,020
*
839
00:40:55,053 --> 00:40:57,956
Narrator: STUDY OF THE ENGINES
REVEALS THAT RAIN AND HAIL
840
00:40:57,989 --> 00:41:02,060
FROM AN INTENSE STORM
CRIPPLED FLIGHT 110.
841
00:41:04,930 --> 00:41:06,331
Investigator: THEY NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT HAIL
842
00:41:06,364 --> 00:41:08,634
GETTING INTO THE CORE.
843
00:41:08,667 --> 00:41:11,302
Narrator: ENGINE MAKERS
FOLLOW FAA RULES TO MAKE SURE
844
00:41:11,336 --> 00:41:13,872
THEY CAN WITHSTAND
HEAVY PRECIPITATION,
845
00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:16,808
BUT NEW ENGINE TESTING DONE
IN THE WAKE OF THE INCIDENT
846
00:41:16,842 --> 00:41:19,678
SHOWS THAT WHEN THE ENGINES
WERE PULLED BACK
847
00:41:19,711 --> 00:41:21,713
IN ANTICIPATION OF LANDING,
848
00:41:21,747 --> 00:41:25,717
HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL
CAUSED AN ENGINE FAILURE.
849
00:41:27,686 --> 00:41:28,887
Nance: WE'D BEEN TESTING
EVERYTHING IN ACCORDANCE
850
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,822
WITH THE NORMAL
FAA METHODOLOGIES,
851
00:41:30,856 --> 00:41:32,023
AT HIGH SPEED ON THE ENGINES,
852
00:41:32,057 --> 00:41:34,893
BUT THESE GUYS WHERE IN DESCENT
TO NEW ORLEANS.
853
00:41:34,926 --> 00:41:37,829
Dardano: I DON'T HAVE ANY POWER
IN THE ENGINES.
854
00:41:37,863 --> 00:41:39,931
Nance: IT WAS WHEN THE ENGINE
WENT DOWN TO IDLE,
855
00:41:39,965 --> 00:41:42,067
THAT'S WHEN THE ENGINE
COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
856
00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:47,072
Narrator: IN THE WAKE
OF THE INCIDENT,
857
00:41:47,105 --> 00:41:48,039
THE ENGINE IS MODIFIED
858
00:41:48,073 --> 00:41:50,776
TO BETTER DEFLECT HAIL
AWAY FROM THE CORE,
859
00:41:50,809 --> 00:41:52,243
AND BLEED DOORS ARE ADDED
860
00:41:52,277 --> 00:41:54,846
TO DRAIN MORE WATER
FROM THE ENGINE.
861
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,684
WITHIN A YEAR,
737-300s AROUND THE WORLD
862
00:41:58,717 --> 00:42:01,119
ARE RETROFITTED
WITH THE UPGRADES.
863
00:42:03,822 --> 00:42:06,725
BUT IT'S CAPTAIN DARDANO'S
PILOTING SKILL
864
00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:10,028
THAT CAPTURES THE ATTENTION
OF PILOTS AND AVIATION EXPERTS
865
00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:11,563
AROUND THE WORLD.
866
00:42:11,597 --> 00:42:12,998
Nance: THE DECISION-MAKING
AT THE VERY END
867
00:42:13,031 --> 00:42:14,900
WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO
PUT IT IN THE CANAL
868
00:42:14,933 --> 00:42:18,637
AND SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IT
ON DRY GROUND AND DID SO,
869
00:42:18,670 --> 00:42:19,671
THAT WAS SUPERLATIVE.
870
00:42:19,705 --> 00:42:21,072
IT WAS THE DECISION-MAKING.
871
00:42:21,106 --> 00:42:23,074
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
CREDIT THE CALM NERVES
872
00:42:23,108 --> 00:42:25,611
AND DETERMINATION
OF CAPTAIN DARDANO...
873
00:42:25,644 --> 00:42:26,978
Lopez: WATCH OUT FOR THE WING
ON THAT SIDE.
874
00:42:27,012 --> 00:42:28,580
Dardano: I SEE IT.
875
00:42:28,614 --> 00:42:29,715
Narrator: ...FOR AVOIDING
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
876
00:42:29,748 --> 00:42:31,182
A FATAL DISASTER.
877
00:42:31,216 --> 00:42:35,754
*
878
00:42:35,787 --> 00:42:39,725
CAPTAIN CARLOS DARDANO
IS DUBBED A HERO IN THE MEDIA.
879
00:42:39,758 --> 00:42:43,094
Reporter: PASSENGERS THAT DAY
WERE OVERJOYED.
880
00:42:43,128 --> 00:42:44,763
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
881
00:42:44,796 --> 00:42:47,132
DARDANO AND HIS CREW
KEPT THE CALM,
882
00:42:47,165 --> 00:42:48,133
AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
883
00:42:48,166 --> 00:42:51,937
45 PEOPLE WHO RODE THAT PLANE
ARE ALIVE TODAY.
884
00:42:51,970 --> 00:42:57,909
*
885
00:42:57,943 --> 00:42:59,911
Miller: IN A CHALLENGING
SITUATION...
886
00:42:59,945 --> 00:43:01,112
Sullenberger:
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
887
00:43:01,146 --> 00:43:02,881
THIS IS CACTUS 1549.
888
00:43:02,914 --> 00:43:04,582
Miller:
...A PILOT WILL FALL BACK
889
00:43:04,616 --> 00:43:06,584
ON HIS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
890
00:43:06,618 --> 00:43:09,788
AND DEAL WITH THE EMERGENCY
THE BEST HE KNOWS HOW.
891
00:43:09,821 --> 00:43:11,122
Sullenberger:
WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE HUDSON.
892
00:43:11,156 --> 00:43:12,858
Miller: IF THE OUTCOME
IS FANTASTIC...
893
00:43:12,891 --> 00:43:15,026
Pearson: I GUESS
I'LL JUST SLIP IT.
894
00:43:15,060 --> 00:43:18,029
Miller: ...YES, IT WILL BE
LOOKED ON AS HEROIC.
895
00:43:18,063 --> 00:43:20,598
Dardano: THIS IS IT.
896
00:43:20,632 --> 00:43:21,933
Narrator:
IT TAKES YEARS OF TRAINING
897
00:43:21,967 --> 00:43:23,902
TO BECOME AN AIRLINE CAPTAIN,
898
00:43:23,935 --> 00:43:25,937
BUT IT'S WHEN A CRISIS STRIKES
899
00:43:25,971 --> 00:43:28,206
THAT A PILOT
REALLY EARNS HIS STRIPES.
900
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:29,941
Sullenberger: PUT THE FLAPS OUT.
901
00:43:29,975 --> 00:43:33,044
Narrator: THE ODDS OF FACING
THE ULTIMATE TEST ARE MINISCULE,
902
00:43:33,078 --> 00:43:35,914
BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS,
PASSENGERS CAN ONLY HOPE
903
00:43:35,947 --> 00:43:37,849
THAT IN THE LEFT SEAT
OF THE COCKPIT
904
00:43:37,883 --> 00:43:40,585
IS A HERO PILOT
LIKE SULLENBERGER...
905
00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:41,787
Sullenberger: MY AIRCRAFT.
906
00:43:41,820 --> 00:43:43,121
Narrator: ...PEARSON...
907
00:43:43,154 --> 00:43:44,756
Pearson: HERE WE GO.
908
00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:45,957
Narrator: ...OR DARDANO.
909
00:43:45,991 --> 00:43:48,860
Dardano: AQUI TE TENGO, BABY.
AQUI TE TENGO.
910
00:43:48,894 --> 00:43:56,034
*
911
00:43:56,067 --> 00:43:59,370
[APPLAUSE]
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