Sully Cockpit Recording from Miracle on the Hudson
The Federal Aviation Administration
released these audio recordings that
reveal the communications between air
traffic control and US Airways Flight
1549. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger can be
heard on the cockpit recording telling the
tower that he is going to ditch the plane
in the Hudson River. The conversation
between Sully and air traffic control
began about two minutes after Flight 1549
lifted off from LaGuardia Airport in New
York City. This is the full Flight 1549
cockpit recording. On the recording, the
plane is referred to by the call sign
"Cactus."
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