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Hero pilot black box recording issued
Feb 5 2009
A black box recording of the moments leading up to the crash of a passenger jet in a New York river has revealed the pilot calmly announced "we are gonna be in the Hudson" before downing the plane in the icy waters.
Chesley Sullenberger is heard discussing options with air traffic control after telling them a bird strike had wiped out his engines.
After deciding that he would not be able to make any nearby runways, the pilot announces his intention to land on the water. "I'm sorry, say again?" is the response he gets.
The exchanges are in a tape released by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
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