A review by jeanm333
Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson by William Langewiesche

4.0

Captain Sullenberger (Sully) was a true hero. The story of his ability to ditch USAirways Flight into the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, after being hit by a flock of Canada geese,with no loss of life, is incredible. Langewiesche is an excellent author (also check out Common Ground about the dismantling of Ground Zero after 9/11). He has just the right touch of irreverence and interest to make the story compelling. The author talks in detail about Canada geese and other critters that get into deadly crashes with airplanes, and about other crashes involving gliding with no engines. A good deal of the book is about the airline industry, problems with unions, the Airbus (Langewieshe LOVES the Airbus). I admit to skimming over some of the technical stuff, but it's not a long book and it's worth reading. Best tidbit of knowledge: 80% of crashes have survivors.