( CNN ) -- Capt . Chesley `` Sully '' Sullenberger says he 'll take to the skies again -- as soon as he can shake Flight 1549 out of his head . Capt . Chesley `` Sully '' Sullenberger , left , and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles say they 'll eventually return to work . `` I 'll be going back to work as soon as I 'm ready , '' said Sullenberger , who along with First Officer Jeffrey Skiles safely guided US Airways Flight 1549 to an emergency landing in the Hudson River last month . Sullenberger , Skiles and veteran flight attendants Sheila Dail , Doreen Welsh and Donna Dent spoke to CNN 's Larry King on Tuesday . The captain and his crew have achieved national fame since their January 15 landing , in which all 155 passengers survived . `` My sleep has been disrupted ever since the incident ... It 's distracting and it 's hard sometimes to turn off my brain at night , '' Sullenberger said . Sullenberger 's crew members expressed similar experiences in the aftermath of the incident . All but Welsh , a 38-year veteran who was injured in the accident , said they felt certain they would return to work at some point . Asked why she was n't in uniform during the interview , Welsh replied , `` I ca n't yet . I was the one that was injured , and I was the one in water , and it [ the uniform ] was ripped and bloody , and I just ca n't put it on yet . '' Watch the crew discuss flying again » . Welsh said she 's not scheduled to fly for `` a while , '' adding , `` I do n't know what I 'm going to do yet . I have n't -- I did n't get there yet . '' Watch `` Sully '' Sullenberger react to passengers ' stories » . Earlier this month , the National Transportation Safety Board said both the plane 's engines contained the remains of birds , confirming the pilots ' report that the engines shut down after colliding with birds less than 2 minutes after taking off . The plane 's flight data recorder `` revealed no anomalies or malfunctions in either engine up to the point where the captain reported a bird strike , after which there was an uncommanded loss of thrust in both engines , '' the NTSB said . Sullenberger told `` Larry King Live '' that bird strikes are not `` terribly uncommon , '' though they typically have only minor impact on a plane . Watch pilot and crew describe the bird strike » . `` This was very different , '' Sullenberger said . `` There were many large birds that struck all over the airplane , pelted us like hail and severely damaged both engines . '' Watch Sullenberger talk about landing the plane safely » . Sullenberger took over the controls from Skiles , who had been piloting the plane , and Skiles tried to restart the engines . Within minutes , Sullenberger decided to land the plane on the Hudson . Was it a miracle ? `` I would n't say that , '' Skiles said . `` I would still say that it 's just everybody did our jobs and we had good fortune , as well . '' Watch Skiles express sense of responsibility to passengers » . The crew praised the passengers remaining remarkably calm throughout the ordeal . `` It was incredible , '' said Dent , a flight attendant with 26 years of experience . `` They did very well , a very educated group of travelers . I think that helped a lot . We had a lot of frequent fliers . ''
Captain of plane that landed in Manhattan : I will return to the ` ` as soon as I ' m ready '' Capt . Sullenberger : ` ` It 's hard sometimes to turn off my brain at night '' after incident . Sullenberger , to recount Hudson River landing on ` ` Larry King Live '' First officer : Everybody did their jobs , and ` ` we had good weather ''