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 ...

For the past 10 years, Patrick Harten has lived with the feeling that catastrophe could be just out of sight. The Long Islander was the air traffic controller tracking US Airways Flight 1549 from ...

Nearly 10 years ago, Patrick Harten missed the first ... to open up runways for a possible landing. As an air traffic controller for decades, Harten has had many stressful days logged in front ...

Patrick Harten says it was near the beginning of his shift as an air traffic controller based in Westbury when he got the radio call he will never forget. He says he heard Sully say, "Hit bird ...

The crew of the airliner that ditched into New York's Hudson River last month and the air-traffic controller ... will testify before Congress. Patrick Harten's testimony today before the House ...

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- For three minutes, the most frightened people in the world may have been the crew and passengers aboard US Airways Flight 1549 as the plane headed for a splashdown in the Hudson ...

Harten is a second-generation air traffic controller, following the path of his father and 36-year veteran, Patrick Harten Sr. The younger Harten attended air traffic control school in Alaska ...

WASHINGTON -- The air-traffic controller who desperately tried ... haunted by how close the splashdown came to tragedy. Patrick Harten testified Tuesday before the House Aviation Subcommittee ...

John Mica, R-Fla., attacked the air traffic controller, Patrick Harten, with a barrage of questions that gave the impression Mica believed the birds shouldn’t take all the blame.

The air-traffic controller who handled US Airways Flight 1549 said he thought he was hearing a death sentence when the pilot said he was ditching in New York's Hudson River. Patrick Harten ...