Personal Injury Law

US Airways Plane Crashes Into Hudson River

Full details have yet to be confirmed, but it appears that another New York airplane accident has occurred, this time just outside of Manhattan. A US Airways plane crashed into the Hudson River today, January 15th. There were no initial reports of deaths or serious injuries.

A Federal Aviation Administration representative says 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.

The US Airways Airbus 320 was carrying 150 passengers, who were forced to board rescue boats after the accident to avoid the icy waters of the Hudson. The plane was submerged in the waters up to the windows. Rescue crews worked quickly to pull the US Airways crash accident victims from the plane, which appeared to be slowly sinking.

It appears that the plane struck a bird or a group of birds during takeoff, which disabled two of the planes engine and caused the New York airplane crash. At this time, government officials did not believe the crash was related to terrorism.

?There is no information at this time to indicate that this is a security-related incident," Homeland Security spokeswoman Laura Keehner said. "We continue to closely monitor the situation which at present is focused on search and rescue."

The New York aviation accident attorneys at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro are currently investigating potential claims regarding this US Airways plane accident. For more information, contact our offices at 212-986-7353.

Full post as published by New York Injury Talk Blog on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).