The pilots and crew of US Airways Flight 1549 testify on Capitol Hill
The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, Captain Chesley Sullenberger III testifies before a House Aviation Subcommittee hearing on the US Airways Flight 1549 accident, in Washington on February 24, 2009. US Airways Flight 1549 crash landed in the Hudson River off of New York City on January 18, five minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia International Airport, there were no casualties. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole told a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday airport "pat-downs" are "more invasive" than they used to be.
The two heroic pilots who safely brought down a disabled passenger jet in the Hudson River in New York in January teamed up again Thursday for another flight.
Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in New York's Hudson River, must retrain before getting going back to work, rules say.
The pilot and crew who landed a plane on the Hudson River last month have received keys to the city of New York and a standing ovation on Broadway.
Emma Sophina, an aspiring singer from Australia who was a passenger on U.S. Airways Flight 1549, has landed a recording contract, Decca Label Group said.
About 2,000 people turned out Saturday in Danville, Calif., to welcome Chesley Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who landed a crippled jet in the Hudson River.
The wife of the pilot who brought a planeload of passengers down safely in the Hudson River in New York called him a real professional Friday.
A US Airways pilot ditched a disabled jetliner in New York's Hudson River Thursday, saving all 150 passengers and five crew members aboard, officials said.
