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Published January 15, 2009, 12:00 AM

Plane crash into Hudson River


This video frame grab image taken from WNBC-TV shows the US Airways aircraft that went down today in the Hudson River. (AP Photo/WNBC-TV)

  • This video frame grab image taken from WNBC-TV shows the US Airways aircraft that went down today in the Hudson River. (AP Photo/WNBC-TV)
  • Authorities arrive on the scene of an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
  • An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
  • Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down Thursday in the Hudson River in New York.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
  • Ferry boats surround a US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
  • Passengers in an inflatable raft, center, move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River as a ferry boat floats nearby in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
  • This video frame grab image taken from AP Television News shows passengers who escaped a US Airways aircraft that crashed in the Hudson River in New York along with rescue personnel, in a boat heading to one of the piers along the west side of Manhattan, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries. (AP Photo/APTN)
  • A New York City Police boat joins private watercraft in an attempt to rescue those aboard a US Airways Airbus 320 that went down in the Hudson River off New York City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries. (AP Photo/Tim Donnelly)
  • Passengers in an inflatable raft prepare to move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
  • An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. The US Airways plane crashed into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, sending 150 on board scrambling onto rescue boats, authorities say. No deaths or serious injuries were immediately reported. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
  • An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Edouard H. R. Gluck)
  • Authorities move an unidentified passenger, right, to a waiting ambulance after the plane he was on crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in New York. A US Airways plane crashed into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after striking a bird that disabled two engines, sending 150 on board scrambling onto rescue boats, authorities say. No deaths or serious injuries were immediately reported. (AP Photo/Liz Schultz)
  • This video frame grab image taken from AP Television News shows a passenger who was rescued from a US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York being escorted by rescue personnel, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. The Airbus 320 crashed into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after a collision with a flock of birds disabled both its engines, sending more than 150 passengers and crew members scrambling onto rescue boats, authorities say. No deaths or serious injuries were immediately reported. (AP Photo/APTN)
  • Floatation devices from a US Airways flight that crashed into the Hudson River wash up against a pier on the west side of Manhattan, New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
  • Survivors of the US Airways plane crash in the Hudson River wait for a bus to take them from a First Aid center in Weehawken, N.J. back to La Guardia Airport, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
  • An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Edouard H. R. Gluck)
  • Resue boats surround a U.S. Airways jetliner that ditched in the Hudson River soon after takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. All 155 people aboard the Airbus A320 survived. (AP Photo/Alexandre Valerio)
  • In this photo taken by a passenger on a ferry, airline passengers egress a US Airways Airbus 320 jetliner that safely ditched in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009 after a flock of birds knocked out both its engines. All 155 people on board survived. (AP Photo/Janis Krums)
  • Airline passengers wait to board a ferry to be rescued on the wings of a US Airways Airbus 320 jetliner that safely ditched in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009 after a flock of birds knocked out both its engines. All 155 people on board survived. (AP Photo/Steven Day)
  • New York City police officers look over part of the US Airways Airbus 320 that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday as it sticks out of the water after it had been towed there for further inspection in New York, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
  • The badly damaged wing and engine of the US Airways Airbus A320 is inspected out of the water on a barge, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, in New York. Workers plan to remove the plane during the day to an undisclosed location. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
  • A worker looks into the damaged right engine of the US Airways Airbus A320 that made an emergency landing Thursday in the Hudson River as the plane sits on a barge after being lifted out of the river in New York, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
  • A crippled US Airways Flight 1549 rests on a barge on the banks of the Hudson River in New York, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, after being lifted from the water late Saturday night. The aircraft will be moved to an undisclosed location for inspection by National Transportation Safety Board investigators. (AP Photo)