Comment on Sully’s ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ safety advice not carried out

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the seven years since an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, there’s been enough time to write a book and make a movie, but apparently not enough to carry out most of the safety recommendations stemming from the accident. Of the 35 recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board in response to the incident involving US Airways Flight 1549, only six have been heeded, according to an Associated Press review of board records. The movie “Sully,” which opened in theaters last week is based in part on an autobiography by veteran pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, played by Tom Hanks.