Video of Airplane in Hudson River after failed takeoff, FAA says
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 at 4:19 pm by JabberBREAKING NEWS NJ Police: US Airways pilot signaled mayday after bird strike
US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 headed from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina, was down in the river after a failed takeoff, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The U.S. Coast Guard said units were also responding, and a ferry on site was dropping life jackets into the water.
The plane approached the water at a gradual angle and made a big splash, according to a witness watching from an office building.
“It wasn’t going particularly fast. It was a slow contact with the water that it made,” said the witness, Ben VonKlemperer.
An Airbus A320 can hold a maximum of 179 passengers and a flight crew of two, depending on the configuration.
