Plane crashes in New York river
Plane crashes in New York river
by sweetu on Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:44 am
A US Airways Airbus A320 passenger plane carrying at least 150 people has crashed into the Hudson River in New York City.
The plane, which the FAA said was flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, is partially submerged.
Rescue boats at the scene have been picking up passengers standing on the plane's wings and first reports suggest that everyone aboard survived.
Bird strikes disabled two of the plane's engines, officials said.
"There is no indication that the incident is security-related," a homeland security official told the BBC.
Three minutes
A passenger who escaped from the aircraft told CNN: "A couple of minutes after taking off we heard a loud bang, the plane shook a bit and immediately we could smell smoke and fire," the passenger said.
Fox News also quoted passengers as saying that everyone from the plane had escaped alive.
A spokeswoman for the US Federal Aviation Authority, Laura Brown, said it was believed the plane had been in the air for three minutes after take-off when it crashed.
The plane, which the FAA said was flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, is partially submerged.
Rescue boats at the scene have been picking up passengers standing on the plane's wings and first reports suggest that everyone aboard survived.
Bird strikes disabled two of the plane's engines, officials said.
"There is no indication that the incident is security-related," a homeland security official told the BBC.
Three minutes
A passenger who escaped from the aircraft told CNN: "A couple of minutes after taking off we heard a loud bang, the plane shook a bit and immediately we could smell smoke and fire," the passenger said.
Fox News also quoted passengers as saying that everyone from the plane had escaped alive.
A spokeswoman for the US Federal Aviation Authority, Laura Brown, said it was believed the plane had been in the air for three minutes after take-off when it crashed.
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