New York, Nov.23 (ANI): A pilot who landed a jetliner in New York’s Hudson River, has said his heroics have led to “rock star sex”.

In an interview with NBC’s People of the Year TV, Chesley Sullenberger and his wife, Laurie, said the famous incident had done wonders for their marriage.

“He doesn’t know I’m gonna say this, but I had joked the other day that … the hero sex really helps a 20-year-old marriage,” Mrs Sullenberger said.

To which Sullenberger added: “Rock star sex.”

Sullenberger became an overnight celebrity after his heroics, with reports that Tom Cruise will play the 58-year-old in a move based on the landing, the Daily Telegraph reports. (ANI)