The NTSB began interviewing Sullenberger, the pilot of the aircraft and hero of the day, today. Sullenberger took a congratulatory call from President Bush Friday and has developed a national fanbase since his expert splash landing kept the 155 people onboard alive and largely uninjured.
In a frantic 911 call, an unidentified man from the Bronx described the remarkable splash landing, the Associated Press reported.
"Oh my God! It was a big plane. I heard a big boom just now. We looked up and then plane came straight over us and it was turning," the caller said.
"The pilot is the ultimate decision-maker. Why he made the choices he did is what we want to learn," Higgins said. "We want to look into everything that made yesterday so survivable."
Investigators are interested in the plane's engines because they likely hold important clues needed to make as accurate a determination as possible on what exactly caused the plane to lose power soon after accelerating off the runaway at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
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