Look for Carlos Dárdano. He saved two flights

oh yeah they do.

true hero

I think the pilots are best qualified to make that call. We really know nothing as to what it would have meant to land as you've described. Perhaps the aircraft would have tilted to one side and break apart.

@@thierrynawar147 Hello Thierrynaway, did you notice the question Sully asked the first official? Sully asked: do you have any ideas? You can watch from 8:45 to 9:30, even Sully said in the video: "any other action that could help us succeed even by a fraction in saving lives" and well, actually I know that as pilots, since I am almost a private pilot, we train for Emergency Landings when an Engine Failure and we are supposed to follow a checklist of actions that will help us land safely as possible but nevertheless it is always ok to look for alternate actions that will help us save lives at all circumstances. And my idea meant that prior to water landing, if he could have landed the airplane closer to one of the sides as for giving the people the chance to swim shortly to the shore or deck even to save them 1 minute or even "by a fraction" of swimming in the cold water then that'd be great! See what I mean? I am not criticizing Mr. Sully's actions, on the contrary, I am providing one more idea that any other pilot can use if needed in the corresponding eventuality.

If they would have been in shallow water they would have exploded worse than they did he cut through the water and was lucky enough to keep it in one piece

They crossed in the middle to give them the highest probability of clearing the George Washington Bridge, where the suspension cables were the lowest. Once clear, they weren't going to do any maneuvering, which would have immediately increased the sink rate due to aileron deflection. Yes, I'm a pilot.

​@@georgemallory797Can you do a barrel roll?

Had to inject your poison here.

@stevewalle1465: People like you make me think that, maybe, people from a nation which barred people from playing on sports teams due to their race will NEVER be in any position to give moral lectures about "quotas" or merit.

The crews which killed all of those people at Tenerife in 1977 and on Air France 447 were both 100% white. Feel better now?

@@dpeasehead Hypothetical question. You are going to fly on a plane, knowing in advance it is going to have double engine failure at low altitude. You have no choice. But you can choose between a pilot/copilot with decades of experience or a pilot/copilot who were hired because they are female, people of color or gay. Which team do you pick to fly the plane?

@@stevewalle1465 Why are you presuming that the pilots who are female or poc don't also have decades of experience? You act like those two categories are mutually exclusive when they're not. And, newsflash: No pilot is born with experience, they had to learn it somewhere (including white, male pilots). They are rigorously trained, and then released into the world to gain even more experience. And also, even pilots with all kinds of experience have caused fatal crashes, didn't handle a situation which led to fatal outcomes, or simply got very very unlucky (due to a chain of failures). Focus your anger at companies that don't adequately train/vet the people they hire (regardless of identity), not the people's skin color or private parts... at the end of the day it's the company's responsibility to make sure their employees are competent, and make sure the plane itself is in working order.

After watching this interview I will buy the book without a second thought. Power to the idea

You sound Aussie