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American pilot and diplomat (born 1951)

This article is about the airline pilot. For other people named Sully, see Sully (disambiguation).

Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III (born January 23, 1951) is an American retired aviator, diplomat and aviation safety expert.

He is best known for his actions as captain of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 15, 2009, when he ditched the plane, landing on the Hudson River after both engines were disabled by a bird strike.

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All 155 people aboard survived. After the Hudson landing, Sullenberger became an outspoken advocate for aviation safety^[3] and helped develop new protocols for flight safety. He served as the co-chairman, along with his co-pilot on Flight 1549, Jeffrey Skiles, of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)'s Young Eagles youth introduction-to-aviation program from 2009 to 2013.^[4]

Sullenberger retired from US Airways in 2010, after 30 years as a commercial pilot.