Liability Of Aircraft Operators

On 15 July 2009, New York city witnessed a 'Miracle on the Hudson River' when flight 1549 departed New York but shortly after the take-off due to bird strike the plane lost its two turbines.The Senior Captain Chesley 'Sully'Sullenberger was told to return to the airport, but Sully, decided that the plane wouldn't reach to the airport and landed an Airbus A230 with 155 passengers on the Hudson River and saved every passenger including the crew members. Sully was heralded by public and media at large for his remarkable accomplishment but simultaneously, he was under serious investigation from National Transportation Safety Board (the NTSB) in the United States, who revealed that the aircraft could have made it to the airport. Sully maintained his position stating that if they would have tried to land at the airport, the plane would have crashed.