US Airways Flight 1549 movie "Drive". The lyrics of the second verse describe the water landing and the survival of the passengers and crew, as well as alluding to the freezing river. Sullenberger's memoir, "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters" was adapted into a feature film "Sully: Miracle on the Hudson", directed by Clint Eastwood, with Tom Hanks as Sullenberger and Aaron Eckhart as co-pilot Jeff Skiles. It was released by Warner Bros. on September 9, 2016. US Airways Flight 1549 US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320-214 which, in the climbout after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport on
US Airways Airbus A321 under registration N578UW, has been left unpainted in the US Airways livery, as one of American's heritage aircraft. The only difference is that the actual US Airways logo near the front of the fuselage has been replaced with the American Airlines logo; however, the rest of the aircraft remains identical to US Airways livery. US Airways operated 3,031 flights a day to 193 destinations in 24 countries from its hubs in Phoenix, Charlotte, and Philadelphia. US Airways' routes were concentrated along the East Coast of the United States, Southwestern United States and the Caribbean, with a number of