minutes to impact. the air traffic controllers using the wrong flight number try and guide the plane to an airport. >> yout to try to land -- >> we may end up in the hudson. >> 1549 it's going to be -- runway 31. >> unable. >> just north of the george washington bridge, the captain aligns the air bus a 320ith the hudson river. he passes the bridge to the east and continues due south. >> i looked out the window, so we were below the rooftops of manhattan. this is not a good sign. we're not making newark. >> did sully look at you and say we're going in the water. >> i think it was more that was the only option we had. we weren't going to make it to an airport. that was the only open spot that we saw. >> if a pilot is forced to ditch, the faa has recommendations for how to do so. it all comes down to when and