The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board released this Coast Guard footage of US Airways Flight 1592 performing an emergency landing into the Hudson River last week. The footage shown here was captured by the Coast Guard’s Vessel Traffic Service.
NOTE: Touch down occurs at about 2:00
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USAirways Flight1549, an Airbus A320, was headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
A passenger said he was “pretty sure” everybody on the plane got out.
“Somehow, the plane stayed afloat and we were all able to get on a raft,” said the passenger, Alberto Panero. “It’s just incredible now that everyone’s still alive.”
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The Gothamist has a photo slideshow and is live blogging the incident: LINK
Ferries to the Rescue for USAir Flt 1549 by RDML James Watson
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