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US Airways Jet Down In Hudson River 

By Glenn Pew, Contributing Editor, Video Editor



A US Airways A320 with 164 passengers and five crew went down in the Hudson River, near midtown Manhattan shortly before 3:45 pm, Thursday. Flight 1549 was scheduled to depart out of NY LaGuardia at 3:04 and departed at 3:26 pm for Charlotte. It was floating in the water at 3:45 pm. The earliest reports -- yet to be confirmed -- state that the pilot reported multiple bird strikes after flying through a flock of Canadian geese.

The aircraft appeared to be mostly, if not fully, intact as NY Waterways ferries and police boats swarmed the aircraft. Passengers could be seen both on the outboard left wing and in rafts amid floating debris, which appeared to seat cushions. By 3:59 pm, the aircraft's fuselage had disappeared below the water.