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...Every other crash - including some of the famous ones, like the one that happened 27 years ago this week with Air Florida in Washington and TWA Flight 800 and the Egypt Air event in 1999 - these were all cases that the plane had clearly crashed in the water, but did so in an uncontrolled way," says Curtis. Water landings can result in fatalities as well; in 1970, an ALM airlines flight from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to the island of St. Maarten ran out of fuel after missing three approaches in heavy weather, forcing the pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning from Flight 1549: How to Land on Water | 1/17/2009 | See Source »

...Served nearly seven years as an Air Force fighter pilot, attaining the rank of captain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chesley B. Sullenberger III | 1/16/2009 | See Source »

...served as a flight instructor, Air Line Pilots Association safety chairman, accident investigator and national-technical-committee member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chesley B. Sullenberger III | 1/16/2009 | See Source »

...investigated aviation accidents for the Air Force and the National Transportation Safety Board; helped developed new protocols for airline safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chesley B. Sullenberger III | 1/16/2009 | See Source »

...Recipient of a 1973 bachelor's degree from the Air Force Academy, where he majored in psychology and basic sciences and accrued an array of academic awards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chesley B. Sullenberger III | 1/16/2009 | See Source »

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