USullenberger wazisa ulawulo lomoya weLaGuardia ukuba ubuyela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko inqwelomoya yayiqhubeka isihla kwi-glide, uSullenberger wayekholelwa ukuba ayinakukwazi ukufikelela eLaGuardia. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya eNew Jersey sakhutshwa ngokukhawuleza. Kungekudala emva koko wazisa ulawulo lomoya ukuba wayeza kuzama ukwehla kwamanzi ayingozi kakhulu kwaye anqabileyo, kuMlambo i-Hudson. Malunga nentsimbi yesi-3:29 PM, uSullenberger wabhengeza kwi-intercom “Ngukapteni lo. Qwalasela impembelelo.”
Malunga nemizuzu emi-3 1/2 emva kokungqubana neentaka, inqwelo-moya yahlala emlanjeni. Icala elingasemva le-fuselage ladibana okokuqala, kwaye elo candelo lonakele kakhulu, ngokukodwa ukugqabhuka okwavumela amanzi ukuba angene kwinqwelomoya. Nangona kunjalo, inqwelomoya yahlala inamandla, ngenxa yenxalenye yeetanki zamafutha, ezazingagcwali. Abakhweli kunye neqela labasebenzi emva koko baphuma kwinqwelomoya ngesilayidi esingaphambili/izihlenga kwaye bahamba baya emaphikweni okanye bangena kwizihlenga ezinokuvutheka. Izikhitshane zasekhaya kunye nabaphenduli bexesha likaxakeka bebekwindawo yesigameko kwimizuzu nje embalwa. Uninzi lwabakhweli lunyangelwe i-hypothermia, kodwa ngabantu abahlanu kuphela abafumene umonzakalo omkhulu. Ngokucacileyo umlindi wenqwelomoya wasikwa emlenzeni ngexesha lokufika kwaye kwafuneka utyando.
Ngelixa uSullenberger waba ligorha lesizwe kwabaninzi, abanye babegxeka isigqibo sakhe sokuhlala kuMlambo i-Hudson. Nangona kunjalo, uphando olude olwenziwe yi IBhodi yeSizwe yoKhuseleko lwezoThutho yagqiba ekubeni isigqibo sakhe sokulahla i-Hudson sasifanelekile. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa zokufika ngokukhawuleza, inqwelo-moya yasuswa emlanjeni, kwaye ngo-2011 yafakwa kumboniso kwiCarolinas Aviation Museum eCharlotte. Isiganeko sasingumxholo we Clint Eastwood idrama Sully (2016), kunye noTom Hanks kwindima yesihloko.
Bonke abatyunjwa kufuneka bafumane isiqinisekiso seSenethi ngaphambi kokuba bathathe iindima zabo.
