copilot, Skiles, and, second, to land in the Hudson. Both seemed clear choices at the time and were made almost instinctively. Within a minute it became apparent that the plane had too little speed to make it to La Guardia or to the runway in Teterboro, New Jersey, offered by air traffic control. As for taking over the piloting, both he and Skiles had de cades of flight experience, but Sullenberger had logged far more hours flying the A320. All the key landmarks to avoid hitting—Manhattan’s skyscrapers, the George Washington Bridge—were out his left-side window. And Skiles had also just
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