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Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger, who was hailed a hero after piloting the US Airways flight that landed on the Hudson River in January of last year, is retiring. Sullenberger will fly his final flight Wednesday afternoon with his co-pilot during the Hudson landing, First Officer Jeff Skiles.
The Coast Guard said the cause of the crash is under investigation. WWII-era Small Plane Crashes in NYC's Hudson River, Body Recovered. The plane, which took off from an airport on Long Island, went into the water around 7:30 p.m. Friday, about two miles south of the George Washington Bridge. A distress signal was issued. The pilot, identified by police as 56-year-old William Gordon of Key West, Florida, died from the crash.