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Plane down in Hudson River

#1 Postby cycloneye » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:49 pm

Now on CNN.More info soon.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#2 Postby cycloneye » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:52 pm

146 passengers on board info from FAA.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#3 Postby Brent » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:53 pm

146 onboard. Water is freezing. LaGuardia to Charlotte.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#4 Postby cycloneye » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:04 pm

NEW YORK - A US Airways passenger jet taking off from La Guardia airport in New York en route to Charlotte, N.C., crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday.

WNBC's Tim Minton quoted a governmnet source as saying that the pilot may have hit a flock of geese.

The plane is an Airbus A320. NBC News identified it as Flight 1549, which departed at 3:20 p.m. ET with about 145 passengers and five crew members aboard. It was a scheduled flight to the Charlotte-Douglas, N.C., airport.
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#5 Postby CajunMama » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:04 pm

On the screen...Prelim reports say plane may have hit a bird.

Oh how weird....they're talking to a passenger of the plane on the phone. Not sure if he's on a boat or the plane.

Edit to add...he's off the plane.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#6 Postby Dionne » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:06 pm

CNN witness reporting all passengers aboard rescued. Not verified.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#7 Postby Brent » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:10 pm

Dionne wrote:CNN witness reporting all passengers aboard rescued. Not verified.


That's what others are saying too. Looks almost like a water landing, plane was intact before it sank.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#8 Postby cycloneye » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:14 pm

A passenger tells CNN that there was a little panic when impact with the water occured but later,the rescue phase went well.
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#9 Postby somethingfunny » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:16 pm

Fantastic to hear. The guy on CNN scared me when I heard him announce this in the other room.

All's well that ends well. Hopefully nobody was travelling with their pets in the cargo hold. =\
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#10 Postby CajunMama » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:24 pm

Airlines have guidelines for animals. They can't fly if the temp is too warm or too cold on most airlines. With the circumstances, i couldn't connect to the usairways website
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#11 Postby cycloneye » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:24 pm

This is information from WNBC of New York,Channel 4.

Flock of birds hit plane,and two engines were disabled.Passengers are being transported to St Lukes hospital being treated for exposure to cold water.Authorities think all passengers are safe.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#12 Postby Dionne » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:25 pm

The A320 is still visible.....it appears a Tug may have be holding the plane afloat. CNN reporting "double bird strike". They couldn't have picked a better place to go down.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#13 Postby cycloneye » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:31 pm

Incredible photo of this miracle that happened with this plane and the passengers.Here they are being rescued to ferries.

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#14 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:47 pm

:uarrow: That's just incredible.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#15 Postby cycloneye » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:58 pm

Another amazing photo:

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Re: BREAKING NEWS=U.S Airways plane down in Hudson River

#16 Postby Dionne » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:58 pm

CNN now suggesting plane is possibly being "towed" at this time. Pics show two cranes over the side of one ship.
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#17 Postby Category 5 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:00 pm

FAA confirms everybody has survived.

Great job by the pilot and crew.
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#18 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:05 pm

Category 5 wrote:FAA confirms everybody has survived.

Great job by the pilot and crew.



:clap: :jump: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :woo: :woo: :woo: :jump: :clap:
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#19 Postby RL3AO » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:05 pm

Since every person survived, we can mourn the poor sky kittens who lost their lives. :P
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#20 Postby Category 5 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:07 pm

RL3AO wrote:Since every person survived, we can mourn the poor sky kittens who lost their lives. :P


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