All 155 safe after pilot ditches jet in NYC river

By doris | Published: January 15, 2009

Full Story At Yahoo! News

NEW YORK – A US Airways pilot guided his jetliner into the frigid Hudson River after a flock of birds knocked out both its engines just after takeoff Thursday, and all 155 people on board were pulled to safety as the plane slowly sank. “We had a miracle on 34th Street. I believe now we have had a miracle on the Hudson,” Gov. David Paterson said.

One victim suffered two broken legs, a paramedic said, but there were no other reports of serious injuries.

The plane, an Airbus A320 that had taken off minutes earlier from LaGuardia Airport bound for Charlotte, N.C., was submerged up to its windows in the river when rescuers arrived in Coast Guard vessels and ferries. Some passengers waited in water up to their knees, standing on the wing of the plane for help.

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