A US Airways plane with 155 people on board ditched into a chilly Hudson River on Thursday, apparently after striking at least one bird upon takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport, according to ...

Capt. Sully Sullenberger became a hero when he landed a jet airliner in the Hudson River after a bird strike. Why don't they use mesh to protect jet engines?

Hear audio of air-traffic controllers and the pilot of US Airways flight 1549, which crash landed in New York's Hudson River in January. The pilot 'Sully' Sullenberger guided the plane into the ...

US pilot Sully Sullenberger, who famously landed a damaged plane on the Hudson river in New York in 2009 ... hero after calmly piloting his US Airways airliner onto the water following a bird ...

Passengers escape from US Airways Flight 1549 after an emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York. Bebeto Matthews / AP Images Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and the crew of US Airways ...

"I have a richer, fuller life than I did before," Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III tells PEOPLE Brian Brant is an Associate Editor, Human Interest at PEOPLE. His work has previously appeared ...

Take a look back at CNN's coverage of Flight 1549's crash-landing in the Hudson River in January 2009. All 155 passengers and crew survived thanks to the actions of Capt. "Sully" Sullenberger.