Tom Hanks honoured to play real life hero Sully

Los Angeles, Nov 21 (IANS) Hollywood star Tom Hanks says he was honoured to play real-life "hero" Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood's new movie "Sully: Miracle on the Hudson". The 60-year-old actor was chosen by Eastwood to portray the plane pilot, who on the 15 January, 2009 carried out an emergency landing of a passenger jet on the Hudson River following a double bird strike to the engines. Hanks got to meet Sully, who suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the wake of the incident and had to battle to prove the incident was not cause by "pilot error", to prepare for his performance and he has nothing but respect for him, reports femalefirst.com.

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