Hudson River Plane Crash Near New York City

Update- REPORTS SAY THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE RIGHT NOW. SOME INJURIES. NO FATALITIES.


Bird Strike Said To Have Caused Both Engines To Malfunction
Witness: 'It Wasn't Wobbling, There Was No Smoke'
NEW YORK (CBS) ―

A U.S. Airways airplane has crashed into the Hudson River, CBS 2 has learned. The plane appears to be in one piece and passengers are being evaucated by rescue teams.

Officials tell CBS 2 the airplane is Flight 1549, an Airbus a320 that took off from La Guardia Aiport and headed to Charlotte, N.C. There are reports that there were 151 people on board. It went down around 3:30 p.m.

There are reports that the a bird strike may have caused the plane to go down, meaning a bird may have entered the engine, causing a malfunction. A large flock of geese was said to have flown in front of the plane at the time of the bird strike.

The bird strike disabled both engines.

"Flames could be seen shooting out of the left engine," said CBS 2 Engineer Bob Simms, who witnessed the crash. "It was just horrible to see."

The flight was in air for about six minutes before it went down, at a maximum altitude of 3,200 feet. It went down around 46th Street in Manhattan and before the fuselage came to a rest around 23rd Street.

It's believed the pilots conducted a very controlled emergency landing after the engines went out, likely why the plane was able to remain upright as it landed.

"You have compromised engines, you don't have much altitude, you don't have much speedit looks like a remarkable effort," said CBS News Analyst Bob Orr.

Passengers could be seen standing on the wing of the plane and entering rescue boats, and a rescue ferry. More than 100 firefighters are on the scene. Passengers were being treated for hypothermia and shock, according to CBS 2's Marcia Kramer.

According to Kramer, survivors told her that about two minutes after takeoff, a loud "boom" was heard and the plane began descending. She reported seeing a flight attendant being taken away on a stretcher, though she said it appeared that was among the more serious injuries.

"It was just going down further and further and further and then all of a sudden it was gone," a witness named Peter Chinchino told CBS 2. "I'm shaking, it was crazy. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. There was nothing wrong with the plane, it wasn't wobbling, there was no smoke coming out of it!"

City officials have called a massive casualty emergency, though it's not yet known if there are any deaths.

There is no word on injuries to passengers.

The plane is floating upright in the water near the USS Intrepid. Temperatures at the time of the crash in the city were just about 20 degrees, with the water temperature about 40 degrees.

According to Dr. Max Gomez, a person in 40 degree water will likely lose consciousness after 30 minutes.

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[kamokilla2000]

drop the act dude

[fafakuk]

We should all rise our hats for the pilot who saved overe 100 lives :) every pilot can't land in water and not destroy the plane

[kryng]

Nice effort being a newscaster ;D

[Dave985033]

I heard on the news that it was a fat,

flying, Canadian prick that caused this

plane to come down. That figures.

[brunobartos82]

No presne tak.. ja viem, ze mi nerozumiete, ale je to OK.. ;-) chvalim pilota aj celu skupinu.. su to machri!

[Nickvit91]

k one thing the title plane crash near new york city..... dude it was at new york city the hudson goes right past it so before everyone puts all these vids up do some research.

[copini13]

WHAT A DUMBASSSSSSSSSSS

[davidschnupfen]

wow, that was really nice!!!

[DJLauth]

Summary of all the medias. Hope you had fun playing reporter :D.

[mav2595]

dude? this is word for word bloombergs speach

[ROCK1910]

a news caster wanna be hang it up dude