Airliner plopped down on the Hudson River

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Amazing water landing in the Hudson River, which flows near the American populous Manhattan, the pilot made a passenger Airbus A320 aircraft airline US Airways Flight 1549 after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York.

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The aircraft on US Airways fell on Thursday afternoon in the Hudson River near New York. On board were 148 passengers and five or six crew members. Such data are CNN referring to the words of the representative of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Laura Brown.

US officials, including the US Federal Aviation Administration, reported that all aboard were saved. According to reports, they all got out of the interior of the liner, and then helped them arrived on the scene, emergency services and members of the crews of the vessels, which were nearby.

At the site of the accident continue to work the representatives of the emergency services. From the ferry in cold water thrown life jackets. Now the New York air temperature - about minus ten degrees Celsius.

The Airbus A-320 fell into the Hudson River after about three minutes after take-off from New York airport LaGuardia. He directed Flight 1549 in Charlotte (North Carolina).

Reuters referring to the eyewitnesses reports that after the fall of the liner people got out on the wings of the plane, floating in the water, waiting for help rescuers.

According to eyewitnesses, Airbus model "A-320" into the water at a sufficiently small angle.

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According to early reports, the aircraft collided with a flock of geese. The pilot tried to turn around to return, but could not, and as a result was forced to make an emergency landing the aircraft on the water in the Hudson River.

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