Hero pilot tells of 'sickening feeling' when engines failed

Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger said the moments after both engines of US Airways Flight 1549 lost power were the worst of his life.

Hero pilot tells of 'sickening feeling' when engines failed

Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger said the moments after both engines of US Airways Flight 1549 lost power were the worst of his life.

He told a CBS 60 Minutes TV interview it was ā€œthe worst sickening, pit-of-your-stomach, falling-through-the-floor feelingā€ he had ever experienced.

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