After tangling with a rogue flock of Canada Geese, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger saved the lives of all 155 passengers and crew of US Airways Flight 1549 when he successfully crash landed on the Hudson River. The entire crew of Flight 1549 was later awarded the Master’s Medal of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators. The award citation read, “This emergency ditching and evacuation, with the loss of no lives, is a heroic and unique aviation achievement.”
Jan 01