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Old 01-15-2009, 11:46 AM
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U.S. Airways A320?? crashed into the Hudson river. Flt 1549 NYC to Charlotte. I hope everyone is ok, thoughts and prayers from my end.
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where did you see that?
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wow! my wife just had me turn on the tv..said small plane..10 minutes later I look and it appears to be an a320 with the tail clearly visible in the hudson!!

hope everyone is safe
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airplane is intact in the water in the hudson from the way it looks....MSNBC is the first that had it
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I just saw a news photo- A/C looks intact and is in the river with approximately the top half of the fuselage above water. Hope everyone is OK.
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Originally Posted by buffalopilot View Post
where did you see that?
msnbc live right now.
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Hopefully all made it out OK.
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Bird strike reported.

Do they have divers on scene?

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What was the takeoff airport?

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Looks like a textbook ditching.
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