WASHINGTON — Patrick Harten had a hard time shaking the image of tragedy well after the happy outcome of the Charlotte-bound plane that had been crippled by a flock of birds and disappeared from his ...

Long Island air traffic controller Patrick Harten wasn’t even on the miracle flight that landed in the Hudson River a decade ago, but for his crucial role in the outcome, the customers and crew on ...

WASHINGTON -- The air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. Now the veteran pilot who pulled off the feat safely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2009, file photo, Air Traffic Control Specialist Patrick Harten, right, smiles as US Airways flight 1549 ...

WASHINGTON – Air traffic controller Patrick Harten kept his right-stuff cool when Capt. Chesley Sullenberger said he was putting Flight 1549 down in the Hudson. But the agonizing silence that followed ...