Clint Eastwood’s film on the 2009 accident,out Friday, portrays National Transportation Safety Board as out to blame pilot Chesley SullenbergerLosing thrust in both engines but still managing to land an airliner full of people in the Hudson river without the loss of a single life is plenty dramatic. But the drama in Sully, and the film approximately the “Miracle on the Hudson” ditching of US Airways Flight 1549,doesnt conclude there.
And that’s a problem, say the former government accident investigators involved in the real-life investigation into the 2009 accident. The public, or as well as pilots and others in the aviation industry,who see the film may accept the wrong impression that investigators were trying to smear the pilot, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, and they said. Related: Hero of Hudson plane surprisingly calm during ordeal,tapes reveal Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com