Sully (film) January 15, 2009, US Airways pilots Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeff Skiles board US Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Three minutes into the flight, at an approximate altitude of 2,800 feet (approx. 850 m), the Airbus A320 strikes a flock of birds, disabling both engines. Without engine power and judging themselves unable to reach nearby airports (Teterboro Airport being the closest), Sully ditches the aircraft on the Hudson River. The crew and passengers evacuate without casualty. The press and public hail Sullenburger a hero, but the incident leaves him haunted, and
Britannia Airways merged with First Choice Airways and was renamed Thomson Airways, retaining the previous logo and colours. As of January 2005, Britannia Airways operated services to the following international scheduled destinations: At the time of rebranding, the Britannia Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft: From the 1980s onwards Britannia operated a solely Boeing fleet, unlike their rivals which flew Boeing aircraft alongside Airbus and McDonnell Douglas aircraft. Britannia however did at times lease Airbus aircraft. At the time of rebranding, Britannia was the largest charter airline in the United Kingdom, its position of market dominance being owed to the growth