Cybersecurity
Crash Investigators Pan Their Casting as Villains in ‘Sully’
- Miracle on the Hudson movie paints accident probe as unfair
- National Transportation Safety Board says it wasn’t consulted
Retired airline captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, director Clint Eastwood and actor Tom Hanks attend the 'Sully' New York premiere on Sept. 6, 2016.
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In promotional clips for the movie “Sully,” which portrays the so-called Miracle on the Hudson water landing of a jetliner in 2009, there is little doubt about who the villains are: the accident investigators hounding the pilot after his splashdown.
That’s news to the actual investigators at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, who gave Captain Chesley Sullenberger high marks in their accident report and credited his quick action that saved lives.