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Hudson river jet landing
A US Airways pilot ditched his disabled jetliner into the frigid Hudson River in full view of New York City skyscrapers on Thursday (January 15, 2009) after Passengers wait to board a ferry after their plane crash-landed in the Hudson river, in New York. A collision with a flock of birds apparently knocked out both engines.
Officials said rescuers pulled all 155 people on board into boats as the plane sank. One victim suffered two broken legs, a paramedic said. Paramedics treated at least 78 patients, most for minor injuries, fire officials said.
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, an experienced pilot, said “it appeared the pilot did a masterful job of landing the plane in the river and then making sure everybody got out”. And Gov. David Patterson pronounced it “a miracle on the Hudson”.
Flight 1549 went down minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport for Charlotte, North Carolina. The Airbus A320 put down in the Hudson River, which runs between New York and New Jersey, near 48th Street in midtown Manhattan. The pilot reported a “double bird strike” less than a minute after taking off, said Doug Church, a spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Union. Hundreds watched the rescue from their office and apartment windows.
One commuter ferry, the Thomas Jefferson of the company NY Waterway, arrived within minutes of the crash, and some of its own riders grabbed life vests and lines of rope and tossed them to plane passengers in the water.
Some passengers stood on a wing of the plane, in water up to their knees, waiting for help. The air temperature was around -6.7°C.
An official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still ongoing identified the pilot as Chesley B. Sullenberger III. Sullenberger, 57, described himself in an online professional profile as a 29-year employee of US Airways. He started his own consulting business, Safety Reliability Methods Inc., two years ago.
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