Papers impressed by plane escape

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The tale of the aeroplane passengers who had a lucky escape in the US when their jet crashed in New York's Hudson River is covered by all of the newspapers.

The Daily Mirror sums up the situation by saying they all "made it on a wing and a prayer".

The Daily Mail goes further and says "it was a wing walk to survival" while The Times calls it the "Great Escape".

The Sun says it was a "miracle" and praises the "heroic pilot" who saved every single person on board.

Airport debate

The newspapers continue to focus on air travel by looking at the plans to expand Heathrow Airport.

The Mirror comments that "most of us love jetting off on holiday - but few want to live under a flight path".

The Independent is adamant that the economy does not need an "expanded Heathrow", but the Financial Times says that without it business will be lost to European rival airports.

Meanwhile, the Guardian casts an eye over the Tory party's plans for a low-carbon Britain and a "greener" economy.

Money worries

Some of the papers speculate about Gordon Brown's plans to prop up the economy.

The Daily Telegraph says the government is closer to setting up a state-owned "bad bank" that will buy "toxic assets" from High Street banks.

Perhaps Mr Brown should follow the advice of a letter in the Financial Times - apparently the answer lies in musical lyrics.

One correspondent believes Pink Floyd's track Money was actually a warning of the sub-prime crisis.

Brazilian wonderboy

The Daily Express tries, and fails, to make sense of Manchester City's £243m bid for Brazilian footballer Kaka.

Woolworths could have been bought for that much, says the Telegraph, while the Mirror thinks the world's gone all "Ka-ka-krazy".

Finally, staying with the Express, the paper expresses outrage at the lack of sensitivities in society.

It says swearing has become the curse of modern British life with most people no longer bothered by bad language.