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Jet From Miracle Splashdown Arriving at N.C. Museum

The plane that made a miraculous landing on the Hudson River two years ago is finally due to arrive Friday at its intended destination of Charlotte, where it will be displayed in a museum. Public interest in the jet's journey this week on a flatbed truck has surprised and touched the hero US Airways pilot who guided it to a safe splashdown.

"When I see images of people in their lawns chair waiting for their airplane to roll by on the freeway overpass with a camera to get a glimpse of it is surprising and wonderful," Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III said in an interview....

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