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The 10 Greatest Emergency Landings

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Captain Chesley Sullenberger's successful ditching of an Airbus A320 in New York's Hudson River on January 15, 2009, set a new standard for "happy" emergency landings.‘Ever since the beginning of flight, pilots have been taught to keep in some small corner of their aviator’s toolbox the thought that maybe, just maybe, something will someday require them to land in a way and at a place not of their choosing’ US Airways Captain Chesley Sullenberger’s remarkable ditching of his Airbus A320 …

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