Posted on 01/15/2009 1:09:57 PM PST by Fractal Trader
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.
"I 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. "All the boats have sort of circled the area. .. I can't tell what's what at this point."
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NBC reporting it hit a flock of geese...they tried to land in Teterboro NJ but had to rely on the river instead
Yes. Agreed.
According to FOX and CNN there appears no fatalities. e.g. everyone’s shook up and cold but okay.
Heard the same, no deaths. In that cold murky water, that is a miracle in itself.
Praise be to God!
As usual most talking heads don’t know what they are talking about...as is the case with that report.
Somewhere else on these threads saying they lost power
but I’m hearing “double bird hit”...?
Will surf around to diff channels
No fatalities from what I have heard, which is great.
How soon can they yank that plane out of the drink, blow dry it, and get it back in service?
Looks like everyone got off ok. Happy that apparently no one was killed. Now, why not get a line on the plane and start towing it to shallower water. Great way to preserve things for the investigation.
A miracle!
What a decision that pilot made. I know they practice ditching in simulators, but how many have actually made a water landing in a jet? And with such a good outcome?
Thank God for the skill of the crew.
t seems birds blew out both engines. Everyone is safe. Responders were to the plane in 3 minutes.
Wow...the next time the flight attendant is explaining how, in the unlikely event of a water landing, my seat may be used as a flotation device...I’m going to listen!
Flipping back and forth between channels, there appears about a 9:1 ratio of speculation to facts.
Thank God no one was lost.
How long until we hear that global warming caused the geese to be flying around NYC rather than Florida?
I bet none of the passengers was paying attention when the flight attendants did their routine safety drill before take off (”In the event of a water landing....”)
“yeah, yeah.. yawwwn..”
If that indeed proves true, one wonders what the leftist anti-hunting crowd will have to say about the crash. There seems to be literally ZILLIONS of "resident geese" in that section of the country. They apparently no longer migrate and can be seen inhabiting many acres of rolling corporate parks alongside highways.
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