US Airways Plane crashed into the Hudson River today

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Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 4:02 PM
By Scott Curkin; Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News has learned a plane has crashed into the Hudson River.
The plane is an Airbus 320, US Airways flight 1549 from LaGuardia to Charlotte. There were 146 passengers on board the flight, along with 5 crew members. There is no report on their conditions.
The plane went down near 57th street. The plane took off from LaGuardia at 3:11 p.m.
There are reports that a bird struck the plane on takeoff, however that is not confirmed at this time.
Ferries were rescuing passengers, some who were seen standing on the wings of the plane. Because of the crash all ferry service is suspended between their 39th terminal in NYC and their Weehawken terminal, across the river in NJ.
The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows, and rescue crews had opened the door and were pulling passengers in yellow life vests from the plane.
The plane was quickly submerged about 30 minutes after the crash.

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