US AIRWAYS 1549 Down in the Hudson

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Here are some of the first photos taken > http://ad.vu/2hrc

http://twitpic.com/135xa - There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy.

Lots of stuff on YouTube > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYBYHkQRBao&feature=related

* Breaking News 1/22/09 Possible cause of engine failure found.
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*note > First Post at 4:02 PM January 15, 2009

Photos from: http://www.1001crash.com/index-page-accueil-lg-2.html

Click on link > http://www.flickr.com/photos/runway27r/2579331944/
for Photo of Airbus 320-214 - US Airways N 106 US by Paul Kanagie [ http://phlairline.com/ ]

More of his photos on his Flickr site > http://www.flickr.com/photos/runway27r/

Check out these webcams for live and archived images >
USS Entrepid Cam
Hudson River Park Cam
















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Flight 1549 from La Guardia to Charlotte has landed in the Hudson River with 135 passengers. Updates soon.





Flight Track: USA1549.US Airways flight USA1549 from New York (LGA) to Charlotte, NC (CLT). Aircraft was airborne for less than 6 minutes. Maximum altitude was 3200 feet before beginning descent. Plane appears intact. Helicopters and ferries responding. Early unconfirmed reports are that the aircraft hit a flock of geese. Developing story.


US Airways - Airbus A320-214New York, USA15th January, 2009
The Airbus A320 operated by US Airways jet en route to Charlotte, N.C, USA, from New York City, USA, crashed into the Hudson River off the west side of Manhattan with 148 passengers and five crew members. All of the people on board had managed to escape alive.The plane crashed seconds after take-off from New York La Guardia airport. The plane's pilot reported a bird strike and declared an emergency shortly before the plane went down. The plane lost power and the crew managed to glide up to the Hudson River and attempted a ditching. It was a slow contact with the water, and the plane remained in one part, and rapidly stopped in the water. The A320 was then rapidly submerged in the icy waters up to the windows. Rescue crews pulled passengers in yellow life vests from the plane. Several boats surrounded the scene. Birds can fly into plane engines, damaging them or even shutting them down, or cause pilots to lose control of the plane by damaging the plane’s control surfaces or by penetrating the windshield.

More info at > http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4283800/


Bio of Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III - Pilot > http://safetyreliability.com/about_us