US Airways Plane - Crashed Into Hudson River - New York

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BBC is hearing Bird Strike? There are reports that a bird strike may have caused the plane to go down, meaning a bird may have entered the engine, causing a malfunction (Let me be the first to say BS!)


Some passengers have been saying they heard an explosion, and saw some passengers were covered in blood - One passenger states he saw flames coming from engine 1 and he called 911

Passenger Jeff Kolodjay of Norwalk, Conn., said he heard an explosion two or three minutes into the flight, looked out the left side of the Airbus 320 and saw one of the engines on fire.



BBC Reports 153 Passengers 6 Crew on Board. - No Loss Of Life.

Homeland Security: "No indication of Terrorist Link"



Plane Lands Upright In Water Near USS Intrepid


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 380 that took off from La Guardia Aiport. There are reports that there were about 60 people on board.

There are reports that a bird strike may have caused the plane to go down, meaning a bird may have entered the engine, causing a malfunction.

There is no word on injuries to passengers.

The plane is floating upright in the water near the USS Intrepid.

Passengers standing on wings of the plane trying to get to safety.







Reports are in that 41 Bank of America employees on the plane


Fulmer Duckworth, 41, who does computer graphics for the Bank of America, was meeting with his boss on the 29th floor of the building at West 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue when he saw the plane hit the water. "It made this huge, gigantic splash, and I actually thought it was a boat crash at first," he said. "It didn't occur to me that it was a plane in the water."

What bothers me about the above statements Fulmer is making, is he saw the plane hit the water, "It made this huge, gigantic splash" then states he thought it was a "Boat Crash" then goes onto say "It didn't occur to me that it was a plane in the water"




Source




THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America Corp. says a number of its employees were on board a US Airways plane that crashed into New York's Hudson River.

Nicole Nastacie, a spokeswoman for the Charlotte-based bank, said Thursday that Bank of America is "in the process of confirming their whereabouts and are working closely with the local authorities to gather further information."