Other mistake: When Sully gets on the plane, his jacket / coat fall off the luggage he is pulling. Even the flight attendants do not realised what happened. (00:27:28)
Other mistake: During the F-4 emergency flashback, Nellis Tower has cleared them to land on Runway 21, however the runway is marked 22. (00:40:57 - 00:42:05)
Other mistake: When the movie flashes back to the plane taking off from LaGuardia, the attitude indicator (artificial horizon) shows level flight. After the landing gear is raised, it correctly shows the plane in a climb.
Other mistake: The simulator pilots are operating the throttles. After the bird strikes, both engines were inoperable, so the throttles wouldn't do anything.
Answer: Air Traffic Controllers have to be on top of their game at all times and not compromised. When something goes wrong, like a plane crashing that a particular ATC is overseeing, it is treated similarly to when a cop is involved in a shooting. They are temporarily relieved of duty and taken to be evaluated and drug tested to make sure the ATC was not on any drugs or substances that would have interfered with his or her ability to do the job, as well as to take the ATC out of a stressful situation and get someone fresh onto the job. My dad is a former ATC for the Marine Reserves.
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