Flight 1549 Details
March 27, 2009 – 7:31 amScott McCartney has some interesting details on the operational procedures after the A320 ditched in the Hudson.
Within 30 minutes, Sully called in to the operations center. The official answering the phone said, “Sorry, captain. I can’t talk to you now. We have an airplane in the Hudson River,’’ according to Capt. Bular. Capt. Sullenberger said, “I was flying the airplane.”
US Airways patched Capt. Sullenberger’s call to an office at headquarters where Capt. Bular and Chief Executive Doug Parker talked with him, all within the first 30 minutes of the accident. Capt. Sullenberger told them he had gone through the cabin twice and believed everyone was out of the plane.
