LAST UPDATED AT 00:00 ON Fri 16 Jan 2009
Pilot Captain Chesley Sullenberger III's landing in the icy waters off New York city was so controlled that some eye-witnesses claimed they thought it was a sea-plane landing. As soon as the plane came to a rest, seven water taxis and tugs swarmed around it, helping the passengers off
155 passengers and crew survive as hero plane crash lands off Manhattan island
