YouTube video - 15.01.2009 New York City Plane Crashes Into The Hudson River

Birds get into the engine of an airplane causing it to crash into the Hudson River. US Airways Jet Engine Plane Crashes In New York City Hudson River 1/15/09

NEW YORK - A US Airways plane crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after striking a bird that disabled two engines, sending passengers fleeing for safety in the frigid waters, a government official said. This is on of the most amazing videos from utube.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said the US Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport en route to Charlotte, N.C., when the crash occurred in the river near 48th Street in midtown Manhattan.