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This was disproven. And is a major plot point in the movie about Flight 1549 (Sully). From Wikipedia: > The NTSB used flight simulators to test the possibilit
by Someone1234 8y ago
This was disproven. And is a major plot point in the movie about Flight 1549 (Sully).
From Wikipedia:
> The NTSB used flight simulators to test the possibility that the flight could have returned safely to LaGuardia or diverted to Teterboro; only seven of the thirteen simulated returns to La Guardia succeeded, and only one of the two to Teterboro.
> Furthermore, the NTSB report called these simulations unrealistic: "The immediate turn made by the pilots during the simulations did not reflect or account for real-world considerations, such as the time delay required to recognize the bird strike and decide on a course of action." A further simulation, in which a 35-second delay was inserted to allow for those, crashed.