Friends and neighbors of the pilot who safely landed a crippled jetliner in New York’s Hudson River planned to give him a hero’s homecoming on Saturday.
The mayor and other officials were preparing to greet US Airways Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and his family with a ceremony on Danville’s town green.
Sullenberger, who lives in this San [...]

He’s an angel of the skies, and a hero on the internet.
Just hours after US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger safely crash landed his jet into the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 150 passengers and four crew, he is already an online icon.
A Facebook group dedicated to “Pilot of flight 1549, Chesley B. “Sully” [...]

Thick mud, menacing currents and bone-chilling temperatures stymied investigators Friday as they scoured the Hudson River for the two missing engines from a US Airways jetliner that crash-landed in the water after colliding with birds.
The investigation ran into a series of obstacles one day after the pilot ditched the plane carrying 155 people.
The collision apparently [...]