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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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | 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." |
| 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." |
| Another man who witnessed the crash told the BBC that the crash had seemed like a scene from a film. | |
| "It looked crazy, it looked like a movie, it looked like a movie, it was incredible," he said. | |
| "It made a pretty big splash when it landed on the water. It was by 72nd Street, I was on the Westside Highway coming down." | |
| Bird strike theory | |
| The FAA said eyewitnessed had reported that the plane "may have flown into a flock of birds". | |
| "Right now we don't have any indication this was anything other than an accident," Ms Brown said. | |
| Joe Mazzone, a retired Delta Air Lines pilot, told the Associated Press it was not unusual for birds to strike planes and when planes get ready to take off, if there are birds in the area, the tower will alert the crew. | |
| "They literally just choke out the engine and it quits," Mr Mazzone said. | |
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