Twitter made headlines earlier in January, providing the first pictures of downed US Airways flight 1549.
For the passengers on flight 1549, Sullenberger's skill and expertise were apparent. iReport.com: Did you see the crash-landing?
That plane also was Flight 1549 -- also taking off from LaGuardia to Charlotte, North Carolina, but on January 13.
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An official who heard tape recordings of the radio traffic from Flight 1549 reported the pilot was extraordinarily calm during the event.
Harten said he lost radio contact with Flight 1549 and the plane disappeared from his radar screen as it dropped below New York's skyscrapers.
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Two days before US Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River, the same plane had experienced problems, CNN reported on January 19.
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He speculated about what might have happened to Flight 1549 after it collided with the geese if the plane had been controlled by a remote pilot.
Harten said he instructed Flight 1549 -- which used the call sign Cactus 1549 -- to climb to 15, 000 feet, then turned his attention to another aircraft.
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Earlier Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an expansive guest list of her own, including hero-U.S. Airways pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and several other crew members of flight 1549.
Expert Aviation Consulting, an Indianapolis, Indiana, private consulting firm that includes commercial airline pilots on its staff, said the plane that landed in the Hudson was the same one as Flight 1549 from LaGuardia two days earlier.
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"On behalf of the other four crew members of Flight 1549 and also on behalf of the many thousands of aviation professionals whose daily devotion to duty keeps air travel safe, I gratefully accept this recognition, " he said.
Rob Reale of New York City started a Facebook group soon after the crash for the "Fans of Sully Sullenberger -- and the crew of Flight 1549" to celebrate the pilot who is being hailed as a hero for deftly landing the plane.
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