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| Airbus crashes in New York river | |
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| A US airliner on a domestic flight with at least 152 people aboard has crashed into the Hudson River in New York City but with no loss of life. | |
| All 148 passengers and the crew of at least four survived and were rescued from the sinking plane, the US Federal Aviation Administration confirmed. | |
| The US Airways Airbus A320 crashed just after taking off from LaGuardia Airport heading for Charlotte, North Carolina. | |
| Officials believe the plane may have collided with a flock birds. | |
| "There is no indication that the incident is security-related," a homeland security official told the BBC. | "There is no indication that the incident is security-related," a homeland security official told the BBC. |
| Rescue boats plucked passengers, who could be seen wearing life jackets, from the wings of the plane. | |
| Three minutes | Three minutes |
| A passenger who escaped from the aircraft told CNN: "A couple of minutes after taking off we heard a loud bang, the plane shook a bit and immediately we could smell smoke and fire." | A passenger who escaped from the aircraft told CNN: "A couple of minutes after taking off we heard a loud bang, the plane shook a bit and immediately we could smell smoke and fire." |
| Fox News also quoted passengers as saying that everyone from the plane had escaped alive. | Fox News also quoted passengers as saying that everyone from the plane had escaped alive. |
| A spokeswoman for the US Federal Aviation Authority, Laura Brown, said it was believed the plane had been in the air for three minutes after take-off when it crashed. | A spokeswoman for the US Federal Aviation Authority, Laura Brown, said it was believed the plane had been in the air for three minutes after take-off when it crashed. |
| A man who witnessed the crash told ABC that the pilots' efforts had helped ensure a relatively soft landing on the water. | A man who witnessed the crash told ABC that the pilots' efforts had helped ensure a relatively soft landing on the water. |
| "From my window I saw the plane was coming down below the radar zone," he said. | "From my window I saw the plane was coming down below the radar zone," he said. |
| "I thought it might be a terrorist attack or something but the plane looked like it had difficulty trying to... gain altitude but as it got closer to the water I saw the pilot, he made a last-ditch effort to try to gain altitude. | "I thought it might be a terrorist attack or something but the plane looked like it had difficulty trying to... gain altitude but as it got closer to the water I saw the pilot, he made a last-ditch effort to try to gain altitude. |
| "And he did that for a few seconds and then the plane just came down and plopped on the water. Had he not done that he would have damaged the fuselage." | "And he did that for a few seconds and then the plane just came down and plopped on the water. Had he not done that he would have damaged the fuselage." |
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