John Cox , previously a 737 pilot and pilots ' union safety representative , and Chesley Sullenberger , who successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River , both did Flight Simulator replications of Flight 302 . Cox described the rapid onset of unforeseen events as a " ... breeding ground for confusion and task saturation . " Sullenberger commented that " Even knowing what was going to happen , I could see how crews would have run out of time and altitude before they could have solved the problems . " While defending the pilots ' actions , Sullenberger was also highly critical of allowing someone with only 200 hours of flight experience to be first officer
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302