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View Full Version : Plane downed by birds in NY's Hudson river, all safe


KillSwitch_J
2009-01-16, 01:10
By Edith Honan and Claudia Parsons

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A US Airways jet with more than 150 people on board came down into the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued.

Full story at link below:
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE50E8AI20090116
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE50E8AI20090116?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0

I'm glad they all made it out ok. luckily they had one hell of a pilot to have been able to bring the plane in the way he did.

23
2009-01-16, 01:27
$5 says Bush/Obama is gonna give the guy a medal.