WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Capt. Sully Sullenberger, a Purdue University alumnus who heroically landed a commercial airliner on the Hudson River in 2009 after it lost power from a bird strike, saving all ...

Purdue University alumnus Capt. “Sully” Sullenberger piloted the safe landing of a commercial airliner on the Hudson River in January 2009, saving all 155 passengers and crew in what became known as ...

Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III is a retired U.S. Airways captain and CBS News' aviation and safety expert, as well as a speaker, author and CEO of Safety Reliability Methods, Inc.

Fourteen years after he landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, an achievement that made him a hero and a prominent, outspoken safety advocate, Captain C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger ...