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Crash Investigators Pan Their Casting as Villains in ‘Sully’
In promotional clips for the movie “Sully,” which portrays the so-called Miracle on the Hudson water landing of a jetliner in 2009, there is little doubt about who the villains are: the accident investigators hounding the pilot after his splashdown. That’s news to the actual investigators at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, who gave Captain Chesley Sullenberger high marks in their accident report and credited his quick action that saved lives. (www.bloomberg.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
On second thought, I saw one on the Lifetime Network a couple of days ago. "Collision Course" Cold, stark, pure fantasy. Everybody lives except the pilot, who was electrocuted by the Autopilot switch.
having not seen the movie as of yet, I cannot comment on its accuracy as to the actual event ,nor captain sullenbergers book..i will say,however, that both he and tom hanks appeared on jimmy kimmel last night and it was quite entertaining..tom hanks did make the comment that what surprised him in his research and playing sullenberger were the events and investigation after the water landing..i think you can rest assured the ntsb did not take any of the events lightly as eventually, they get to the issues causing any crash..clint eastwood and the others involved in making the movie probably felt the need to add a bit more "drama"in the characters, as they always do,or it would have been more of a doumetary,rather than a movie!
I suspect Clint Eastwood is also trying to make the government look bad when in fact the NTSB's work is what has made aviation so extraordinarily safe and successful.
David... Yes, Heathrow, NOT Gatwick. DANG fingers... they work faster than my brain sometimes!
You want a legend, read up on William Beebe. That man is a real pilot!!!
Hero or legend? Does it realty matter?
He was an ordinary pilot who faced an unordinary situation and acted in an extraordinary manner that colaced experience, training, and common sense into an incredible outcome.
I guess if you were a passenger on the plane or a passenger's loved one, he is a hero. For the rest of us we can hope that the pilots of the plane we ride in have similar capability and outcome should a similar problem arise.
He was an ordinary pilot who faced an unordinary situation and acted in an extraordinary manner that colaced experience, training, and common sense into an incredible outcome.
I guess if you were a passenger on the plane or a passenger's loved one, he is a hero. For the rest of us we can hope that the pilots of the plane we ride in have similar capability and outcome should a similar problem arise.