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Get right something we never anticipated or specifically trained for, and being in the open ocean would be a much more challenging situation, but over water in general, it's featureless terrain where depth perception is difficult, descending without engine thrust, much steeper and rapidly than a virtual landing on a runway where you can make a more gradual approach. it would be a very challenging thing to do but it's possible theoretically possible. >> i went back to your audio from 2009 u.s. airways audio, and one of the things that struck me was that you were in constant contact with air tra...

It's possible. >> i went back to your audio from 2009. the u.s. airways audio. one of the things that struck me was that you were in constant contact with air traffic control from the time you hit the flock of birds and determined that you lost thrust in both engines until really just i think seconds before you landed in the hudson river. the pilots of flight 8501 did not make any distress calls. we know the general rule is aactivity, navigate navigate. let's get that conversation from 2009. >> that was just moments before you landed the plane in water, on water. we didn't hear a distress call...