U.S. Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III testifies before the House Judiciary Committee’s Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee on Capitol Hill December 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. representing the U.S. Airline Pilots Association (USAPA), Sullenberger testified about the vulnerability of employees, including pilots, when airlines declare bankruptcy. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images
C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the airline captain who safely landed an Airbus A320 on New York’s Hudson River in 2009 after hitting a flock of geese, said on Tuesday he had been diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.
Sullenberger, 75, disclosed the diagnosis in a statement on
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