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US Airways A320 in the Hudson River.

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Now on CNN, a US Airways A320 still floting in the Hudson River.

Aprox 135 pax on board.

Flt US1549 from LaGuardia to Charlotte.
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US Airways plane crashes in Hudson River

Scott Curkin; Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News has learned a plane has crashed into the Hudson River.
The plane is an Airbus 320, US Airways flight 1549 from LaGuardia to Charlotte. There were 146 passengers on board the flight, along with 5 crew members. There is no report on their conditions.
The plane went down near 57th street. The plane took off from LaGuardia at 3:11 p.m.
There are reports that a bird struck

Ferries were rescuing passengers, some who were seen standing on the wings of the plane.
The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows, and rescue crews had opened the door and were pulling passengers in yellow life vests from the plane.
The plane was quickly submerged about 30 minutes after the crash.
Stay with Eyewitness News and 7online.com for additional information on this breaking story.
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Airbus US Airways AWE 1549 crashed in Hudson river

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(Dutch)
NEW YORK (ANP) - Een vliegtuig van de Amerikaanse
luchtvaartmaatschappij US Airways is donderdag in de Hudson-rivier
bij New York terechtgekomen. Schepen konden bij het drijvende
toestel komen, bleek uit tv-beelden van Amerikaanse nieuwszenders.
Volgens de Amerikaanse autoriteiten ging het om een Airbus 320
die was opgestegen van La Guardia. De piloot wilde mogelijk
terugkeren nadat het toestel was geraakt door vogels.

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(English)
NEW YORK (AP) -- A US Airways plane has crashed into the Hudson River, sending passengers fleeing for safety in the frigid waters. New York City firefighters, federal transportation officials and an armada of boats were responding to the accident. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries.
I just thought, 'Why is it so low?' And, splash, it hit the water,+ said witness Barbara Sambriski, a researcher at The Associated Press.

The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows, and rescue crews had opened the door and were pulling passengers in yellow life vests from the plane. Several boats surrounded the plane, which appeared to be slowly sinking.
½I saw what appeared to be a tail fin of a plane sticking out of the water,+ said Erica Schietinger, whose office windows at Chelsea Piers look out over the Hudson. ½All the boats have sort of circled the area. ... I can't tell what's what at this point.+

22:41 UPDATE DUTCH
NEW YORK (ANP) - De piloot van de Airbus 320 die donderdag in de
Hudson-rivier in New York terechtkwam, heeft een noodlanding
gemaakt. Volgens de luchtvaartautoriteiten is het vliegtuig kort na
de start mogelijk geraakt door een of meer vogels.
Uit zeker een motor zou rook zijn gekomen, vertelde een
passagier tegen de Amerikaanse nieuwszender CNN. Hij sprak over een
,,fantastische" noodlanding. De meeste passagiers wachtten op de
vleugels van het drijvende toestel op redding.

UPDATE ENGLISH
NEW YORK (AP) -- A US Airways plane crashed into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday after striking a bird that disabled two engines, sending 150 on board scrambling onto rescue boats, authorities say. No deaths or serious injuries were immediately reported.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said US Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport enroute to Charlotte, North Carolina, when the crash occurred in the river near 48th Street in New York City.
Brown says the plane, an Airbus 320, appeared to have hit one or more birds.
A law enforcement official said that authorities were not aware of any deaths and that the passengers did not appear to be seriously injured. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the rescue was still under way.
The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows. Rescue crews had opened the door and were pulling passengers in yellow life vests from the plane. Several boats -- including commuter ferries -- surrounded the plane, which appeared to be slowly sinking.
Government officials said they did not believe the crash was related to terrorism.
½There is no information at this time to indicate that this is a security-related incident,+ Homeland Security spokeswoman Laura Keehner said.
Witnesses said the plane's pilot appeared to guide the plane down.
½I see a commercial airliner coming down, looking like it's landing right in the water,+ said Bob Read, who saw it from his office at the television newsmagazine ½Inside Edition.+
½This looked like a controlled descent.+
New York City firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to the crash.
½I saw what appeared to be a tail fin of a plane sticking out of the water,+ said Erica Schietinger, whose office windows at Chelsea Piers look out over the Hudson. ½All the boats have sort of circled the area.+
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Sowald wrote:The plane was quickly submerged about 30 minutes after the crash.
At this time tail and forward fuselage still above water on CNN.
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Kudos to the crew, seems like a textbook waterlanding.
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Wow what a great job they did.
'Normally' this goes wrong!


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The pilots have done a great job. Plane looks pretty good shape for a water landing. Didn't land near the museum where the concorde is parked?
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How nice of that helo-pilot to try to sink the A.320 a little bit faster :(

Great job of the 320's pilots !!!!
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I can remember there was a crash just like this one. but then the water was cold,it was freezing in NYC. at that crash hardly anybody survived. now they are very lucky and it's also a great job to the pilots
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A miracle on the Hudson river ....

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I can remember there was a crash just like this one. but then the water was cold,it was freezing in NYC. at that crash hardly anybody survived.
I think you´re referring to the crash of Air Florida flight 90 where a Boeing 737 crashed into a bridge and ended up in the Potomac River. Of the 79 people on baoard only 5 survived. But that was not NYC but Washington DC. The plane first crashed onto a bridge and then bounced in the water. The cause was not a birdstrike but icing on the leading edge an the catpains failure to respond to this.

Very good job of these pilots. Much respect. :clap:
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yes indeed. you are right about that crash was in washington dc. and that was not due a birdstrike(i did not say that :wink: ) but a great job from the pilots
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additional info ...

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1 1526 local time (2026 GMT): Flight 1549 takes off from LaGuardia airport
2 1527 (2027 GMT): Pilot Chesley Sullenberger reports birds hitting engines
3 1528 (2028 GMT): Pilot told to land at Teterboro airfield
4 1531 (2031 GMT): Pilot ditches plane in Hudson River
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