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and I can tell you the only reason

the plane operated as well as it did...

that the aircraft could land anywhere...

is because Captain Sullenberger turned on

the exhilarate power unit.

He was simply following the QRH.

No, no he wasn't.

He wasn't following proper procedure at all.

And I know because I had the QRH in my hands.

He switched on the APU immediately after

engine blowback.

According to the Airbus that's the 15th thing

on the list to do. 15th!

If he had followed the damn rules,

we'd all be dead.

Maybe that's the part you don't like.

You're not used to having answers to your guesses.

Look, look, look. What Jeff is saying is that I know the AR320...

what it does, and what it does it do.

I have read countless CVR transcripts

of deceased pilots...

and I have significant accident

investigation experience.

There's no question that you're a talented,

dedicated, experienced professional.

And all fledge of pilots before January 15th...

and every crash you investigated are not the purview

of this investigation. Only US Airways 1549 matters today.

Your Union has been advised, ACARS data relate that the

left engine continued to turn throughout the flight.

Then the ACARS data is wrong...

The evidence shows that the left engine was at Idle

or Sub-Idle immediately following the bird strike.

You show me the left engine,

I'll show you dead birds and no power...

the left engine was lost in the crash,

due to excessive damage on touchdown.

We can circle back to that later.

Let's just assume, that it was as you say,

a dual engine loss, do to bird strike.

Your weight was 151.510 pounds,

wind and temperature, N-NW, 21 degrees...

speed and altitude 200 nods and 2818 feet.

Agreed?

Correct.

We were able to run the all algorithms

and the resulting...

the computer simulations of US Airways Flight 1549

showed that the Aviation Engineers were correct.

There was enough altitude and speed after the

bird strike for a successful return to LaGuardia.

Successful?

The plane landed at LaGuardia intact, undamaged.

You got that from one computer simulation?

No, 20.

Including attempts made for Teterboro runways 19

and LaGuardia runways 22 and 13.

Every Computer simulation with the exact

flight parameters demonstrated...

that return to LaGuardia was possible.

And not just possible, probable.

Does anyone here needed further

computer evidence?

Captain Sullenberger?

First Officer Skiles?

Not at this time. I would like to go over

the parameters that were used.

- We'll make them available at the Union.

- Thank you.

And once the Investigation is complete...

we'll be able to share the actual

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