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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...

Room" yesterday and he talked with cnn's brianna keilar how difficult a landing would be. >> that's an interesting problem too. it's been done. it's more challenging, obviously, in the open ocean than in inland waterway. at least in the united states in our flight simulators it's not possible to practice a water landing. for our water landing the only training we had gotten for a water landing was a classroom discussion. there was a checklist. there was protocol. we had never done it. we had one chance to get the right something we never anticipated or specifically trained for and being in the...

Meanwhile, you see this terrain there. it's a unique airport. according to the hero of the hudson, captain sully sullenberger, he says this particular airport has unique terrain as you approach it. >> lets listen to sully. >> he says the faa classified it as a special airport, along with other airports worldwide that involve mountainous terrain or other special challenges. it is surrounded by water. a featureless terrain where depth perception can be difficult. there are shifting winds, low visibilities. there are several things that make it special. high terrain just passed it. high terrain c...

Sullenberger, landed his us airways flight safety on the hudson when his small airbus had a flock of birds. he's reacted to this crash today. sullenberger describing some of the difficulties he says pilots face when landing at sfo. here's a quote from him. the faa classified it as a special airport along with other airports worldwide that involve mountainous terrain or other special vachallenges. it is surrounded by water and of course water is a featureless terrain where depth perception can be difficult. there are shifting winds, low visibilities, so there are other things that make it diffi...