US Airways Flight 1549 Crashes in the Hudson River (TwitPic from Nearby Ferry)

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 15 January 2009

twitpic from ferry of USAIR flight 1549 in the Hudson River by jrkums

Preliminary reports indicate that US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River soon after takeoff from LaGuardia around 3:20 EST. It’s suspected that a flock of birds flew into the engine, windshield, or otherwise interferred with the plane prompting the emergency landing, which, according to witnesses was impressively controlled.

This photo tells the story so much better than anything else. Actually seeing people getting off onto the floating escape chutes is the most relieving sight possible. News outlets are still scrambling for details. It appears that all passengers and crew were rescued — dry. I am currently watching live coverage via ABC 7 Online in NYC.

Photo by Janis Krums aka jkrums via TwitPic (which is currently down).

UPDATE: Check out this video 4 minute clip from the scene below:

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  • Thanks God. All passengers are alive.
  • I’m delighted to say Janis has agreed to take questions from followers of my blog, Third Sector Forums users and folks on twitter. The best questions will be posed to Janis and the full interview will be posted on The Lab.

    So what are you waiting for…you can add your questions to the comments section of the post: http://thirdsectorlab.co.uk

    I’ll be taking questions over the next 24hrs, right up until 20:30 GMT on 19th January 2009.

    Ross
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  • susan guyton
    was the ditch swith used
  • susan guyton
    was the ditch swith used
  • Twitter is so fast! I guess 911 will start monitoring it soon :)
  • The passengers was very glad because the plane was not exploded. And that it was landed on the deep water or else i think most of the passengers would be drown.
  • Lucky passengers! They are almost in death. It only implies that they are not yet their time to rest in peace.
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