NEW YORK — The pilot who gui­ded his disabled plane to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River says that a new book that underscores the role of the jet’s automation technology in the lan­ding is inaccurate.

Captain Chesley Sullenberger told the New York Times on Sunday that the book, Fly By Wire, by William Langewiesche greatly overstates how much it matters that the Airbus A320 features an automated cockpit.

Sullenberger ditched U.S. Airways Flight 1549 on January 15, when geese strikes killed the power in the engines. He said the outcome would have been the same without automation.

Langewiesche says he doesn’t think technology’s role was critical, but “part of the story”.