Captain Shelton guided his plane down the runway and took off.

谢尔顿机长驾驶飞机沿着跑道滑行起飞。

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Captain George Burk was the sole survivor of a military plane crash in 1970. The 13 other crew members were killed.

1970年发生过一起军用飞机坠毁事件，灾难过后仅机长乔治·伯克一人生还，其余13名机组人员全部遇难，他本人也有65%的皮肤被烧伤，在医院疗养了18个月。

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“If you entered a plane and the captain said into the speaker, ‘There’s a 10 percent chance this plane will crash,’ you wouldn’t stay in it,” said Levermann.

“如果你刚登上飞机，就听到机长在喇叭里说，'这架飞机有百分之十的可能会坠毁，'你就不会留在里面，”莱韦尔曼打比方说。

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So Captain Sullenberger made a quick decision to land the plane on the freezing water of the nearby Hudson River.

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Captain Sullenberger walked through the plane twice to make sure everyone was off.

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Captain Chesley Sullenberger reported that both of his plane's engines had struck birds.

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Thirty-minute extensions would be possible if the captain reasonably believed the plane would take off within that time.

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The Iron Maiden frontman, 52, who holds a commercial pilot's licence, will captain the Astraeus Airlines plane from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

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In general, when a stick shaker activates, pilots are taught to apply full power and maintain the plane's altitude or lower the nose, a captain for a major airline told CNN.

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