A small-winged commercial aircraft [US Airways] is confirmed down in the Hudson River on the West Side of Manhattan. Multiple FDNY, NYPD and rescue personnel are responding to the location reported to be West 42nd Street and 11th Avenue - just behind the Intrepid.
FDNY units arriving report that people are “on the wingsâ€, and multiple people are “in the waterâ€. The airplane is carrying approximately 60 people.
A signal “10-60″ (major emergency) has been transmitted by FDNY, and divers are being requested to expedite to the scene.
Multiple Circle Line Boats are currently picking people out of the water, and FDNY members are on the boats as well.
UPDATE 4:10PM EST: FDNY Command Post reports that approximately 30-40 people have been safely brought to Pier 79 and are not seriously injured. They are all “freezing coldâ€.
The flight was reportedly going from La Guardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina - Flight #1549, (Airbus 320) and had 146 passengers, and 5 crew members on board.
UPDATE 4:15PMEST: Although there is no reason to believe that their services are being needed, as a precaution the Misaskim command center has been dispatched to the airport to work with the FAA on list of passengers.
UPDATE 4:20PM EST: As per the FDNY Field Communication Unit, the pilot reports that immediately following the crash, he got all passengers onto the wings - and he claims that there are no people left on the aircraft. The pilot is currently at Pier 79 in stable condition.
The condition of all passengers, and an exact head count is being done at this time.
UPDATE 4:23PM EST: Click HERE for live video footage from SkyFoxNY
UPDATE 4:24PM EST: The FAA is investigating (credible) reports that a flock of birds got into the engines, causing the plane to shut down.
UPDATE 4:25PM EST: All persons have been accounted for, and are all alive….It is becoming apparent that a miracle has taken place……
UPDATE 4:31PM EST: YWN has confirmed with Port Authority officials, that although everyone is very cold, there do not appear to be any major injuries.
Additional details to follow.
(Yehuda Drudgestein / YWN-32)
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