Captain Chesley Sullenberger, who famously landed a passenger plane on New York's Hudson River in 2009, has revealed his theory of what happened yesterday.
A hero pilot has said he believes the fact that aircraft were flying over water at night could be factors in yesterday's American Airlines tragedy in Washington DC.
The pilot, nicknamed "Sully, said: "There would have been fewer ground lights visible over the water than over land at night. Nighttime always makes things different about seeing other aircraft — basically all you can do is see the lights on them." The Mirror reports the dad of two, who was born in Denison, Texas, said: "You have to try to figure out: Are they above you or below you? Or how far away?
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