BREAKING NEWS: US Airways plane crashes into Hudson river

[YosemiteSam]

No link yet, just saw it on MSNBC.

MSNBC has a link to a popup of the video

 

[Texan_Eph89]

Any deaths?

 

[dcfanatic]

Wow. You can see the plane in the water still.

Crazy.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Small Plane Crashes in New York City's Hudson River, Passengers Seen Standing on Wings

Thursday, January 15, 2009



DEVELOPING STORY: A small plane has crashed in the Hudson River in New York City, Reuters reported.

Passengers could be seen standing on the wings of the aircraft floating in the water, witnesses told Reuters.

No other details were immediately available.

 

[bbgun]

23 people aboard, per ABC news.

 

[YosemiteSam]

23 people aboard, per ABC news.

No, 146 people 5 crew. Someone just said he hit a bunch of birds after taking of from LaGuardia. They were headed to Charlotte, NC

 

[ZeroClub]

CNN has some interesting live coverage right now

 

[superpunk]

CNN says it was a gentle landing, so didn't break and is floating and getting people out. Good news.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Now there saying 160+ people

 

[YosemiteSam]

They are now saying someone is reporting everyone survived.

 

[Temo]

Heh, I work in the Reuters building in Manhattan. Big comotion here initially as we can see the Hudson River clearly from the North-side conference rooms. But yea, the people who actually saw it go down into the River live said it was a shock but that it didn't like disintigrate or anything like that. A relatively gentle landing as far as a Jet going into a river could be gentle.

Looks like everyone survived.

 

[tomson75]

Only about 25-50 are reported to be going to get medical treatment.

I wonder how many of those folks will get back on the horse, so to speak.

 

[guag]

Some pics:

 

[Concord]

Some pics:

Those are some crazy pictures.

 

[Concord]

 

[YosemiteSam]

The pilot did one hell of a job landing that big boy. (Airbus A320) People that saw it said it landed like as if it was landing on a runway.

 

[theogt]

The pictures of the people just hanging out on the wing are pretty neat. I'm sure they felt otherwise, though. But now they can say they survived a plane crash.

 

[tomson75]

The pilot did one hell of a job landing that big boy. (Airbus A320) People that saw it said it landed like as if it was landing on a runway.

Yeah, it wasn't luck, either. The passenger they interviewed said they were airborne for several minutes before the engine blew, and they didn't decide to land in the water for a few minutes after that. The pilot, god bless him, remained clam and did his job very well.

I doubt many people could handle a situation like that.

 

[tomson75]

The pictures of the people just hanging out on the wing are pretty neat. I'm sure they felt otherwise, though. But now they can say they survived a plane crash.

They're probably pretty relieved now, but having had experience in water below 50 degrees, I can assure you they didn't have many thoughts beyond how excruciating the water temps were while they were waiting on the wings. That **** is COLD!

 

[Aikmaniac]

Just goes to show you how awesome those pilots are in situations like this.

Obviously, that Airbus isn't a Piper Cub in terms of maneuverability.

Great job...that pilot is a hero.