Sully’s Blog

March 16, 2019
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U.S. grounds Boeing 737 Max planes after second crash in 5 months

The U.S. has grounded Boeing 737 Max planes after a second crash of the model in five months, bringing to light Donald Trump’s relationship with Boeing’s […]
March 12, 2019
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Capt. Sully meets his namesake, Bush’s service pup, Sully

Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the heroic “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot, and his namesake, Sully, late President George H.W. Bush’s loyal service dog, come face-to-face for […]
March 5, 2019
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10 Years After the ‘Miracle on the Hudson,’ Sully Sullenberger Talks Incredible Mental Discipline and How to Handle Pressure

Few people have had their mettle tested so publicly, or in such dire circumstances, as Captain “Sully” Sullenberger. It was just over a decade ago that the […]
February 5, 2019
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Shutdown is lesson in applied civics; grade is not good

With great drama and political theater, President Trump and Congress recently ended the longest government shutdown in history by funding the full operation of government for three weeks. This […]
February 5, 2019
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Lion Air crash shows cockpit computers are no substitute for pilot skills

When an altitude sensor failed on a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 flight to Amsterdam in 2009, the jetliner’s computerized flight controls erroneously cut the engine thrust. […]
January 28, 2019
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Capt. Sullenberger: The shutdown was a ‘reckless political act’

Captain Sully Sullenberger tells Lawrence that the shutdown was a “reckless political act” that threatened the safety of millions of Americans and warns that another shutdown […]
January 16, 2019
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Passengers from Hudson River crash take flight again

Ten years after US Airways Flight 1549 was forced to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River, passengers on board the flight reunited to celebrate […]