U.S. Airways plane crashes into Hudson River near Manhattan

[EconomicLiberal]

On Msnbc.

[RockaFowler]

1. I hope the people are OK

That is an incredible shot of the plane in the water

[notadmblnd]

2. Doesn't look like it's all broken up. I hope there are survivors

[Warpy]

7. No fire, so it's looking relatively good.

and it looks like every ferry in the harbor has zipped right there.

Probably a lot of banged up people, but we can hope for no dead.

[notadmblnd]

10. is it sinking?

not good. Is everyone out?

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Looks like it...slowly

:scared:

[Mind_your_head]

3. E-gads!!!! You should post this in 'Latest Breaking News' not GD n/t

[WI_DEM]

5. It would be posted here sooner or later, and there are already three threads on it in LBN

[Mind_your_head]

9. Okay n/t

[FLAprogressive]

4. Info

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE1549

Airbus A320

hope everyone is ok.

[EconomicLiberal]

8. 146 passengers, 5 crew members.

That's about all the info we know.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. One reason I hate flying in or out of NYC

The water.

[Occam Bandage]

14. If there weren't water, this could have been much worse. nt

[scheming daemons]

15. Actually... if they flew out of a city that WASN'T near water, they'd all be dead

Landing in the water saved a bunch of lives.

If this happened upon takeoff froma airport that wasn't near water, the crash would've been much worse.

[Graybeard]

12. Local news reporting it was on fire before it crashed.

A reporter with New York One News saw the plane with flames coming out before it went into the river. Commuter ferries immediately went to it to rescue passengers.

[Mind_your_head]

17. Listening to the teevee "eyewitnesses".....ehm, they weren't

'eyewitnesses'. They were (prematurely) looking for their "15 minutes of fame".

IMHO,
M_Y_H

[LostinVA]

13. Where is it flying to??? I know people flying from there today

[Occam Bandage]

16. Charlotte.