<strong>Wife of pilot who crashlanded aircraft in NY river says she's relieved</strong><br /><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt"><strong>brave:</strong> Passengers being rescued in an inflatable raft. (Inset) Pilot Chesley Sullenberger. pic/ap</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>The miraculous rescue of the 151 people on board the US Airways A320 aircraft yesterday appears to be the first time that a large commercial jet liner ever has made a successful controlled landing into a body of water.<br /><br />The pilot was identified as Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. <br /><br />"He is the consummate pilot," said Lorrie Sullenberger of her husband, who is an US Air Force Academy grad who flew F-4 fight planes while in the Air Force. "He is about performing that airplane to the exact precision to which it is made."<br /><br />The pilot is president and CEO of a company called Safety and Reliability Methods Inc, which says it provides "technical expertise and strategic vision and direction to improve safety and reliability in a variety of high risk industries".<br /><br />"My body won't stop shaking," said Lorrie, who has two daughters with Sullenberger. But, she added, after speaking to him, "I think he's fine. I'm relieved." <br />

Wife of pilot who crashlanded aircraft in NY river says she's relieved

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