Water landing.

Captain?

This was not a crash. It wasn't a ditching.

We knew what we were trying to execute here, there was not a... it's not a crash, it was a forced water landing.

Why didn't you attempt to return to LaGuardia?

There simply was not enough altitude.

The Hudson was the only place that was long enough and smooth enough

and wide enough to even attempt to land the airplane safely.

Air traffic testified that you stated you were

returning to LaGuardia, but you did not.

I realized I couldn't make it back and it would have eliminated

all the other options, returning to LaGuardia would have been a mistake.

Ok, well, let's get into how you calculated all those parameters.

There was no time for calculating.

I had to rely on my experience of managing the altitude and

speed of thousands of flights over four decades.

You're saying you didn't do, any....

I eyeballed it.

You eyeballed it?

Yes.