Hudson River Plane Crash

At this time of the year everyone is posting the top stories of 2009, No doubt the choices are largely affected by personal bias. Which is not a bad thing because we all have different interests. But then there are those stories that are just so big that they transcend personal interests and become part of our social chit chat. What has been the top stories for you during the year of 2009? Here is my list, yours might be different. 1. Susan Boyle Without a doubt Susan Boyle has to be the top story of 2009. Her introduction to the world on Britain's ... Read Full Story

US Airways flight 1549 ditches into New York's Hudson River, four minutes later Jim Hanrahan sends a photo to twitter.  IPhone owner Janis Krums uses his iphone and follows up with a number of images via a picture-posting version of twitter called TwitPic.   This was followed by floods of photos sent to Flickr and grainy videos to YouTube from users who have video capable cell phones.  All of this about 15 minutes before mainstream media mentioned it and to a much larger audience.   But it's not just the instant images, messages and videos that were updated and passed around the web.  The web's ... Read Full Story

New York police say two bodies have been pulled from the wreckage of a small plane that collided with a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River, meaning all nine victims have been recovered. Police spokesman Paul Browne said Tuesday the medical examiner will determine whether the last two bodies are those of the plane pilot and a passenger. Saturday's crash killed three Pennsylvania residents on the plane and five Italian tourists and a pilot on the helicopter. The last two bodies were found as recovery workers salvaged their first piece of the plane. It was found Monday in about 60 feet of water. The ... Read Full Story

Professional 3D animation, accurately reconstructed to match the event. Learn more at: http://www.scenesystems.com For full HD or broadcast-quality version, contact: getintouch@scenesystems.com While several amateur animations are available on YouTube, these were made in flight simulators or Google Earth. You won’t find a better, more realistic, more compelling, or more accurate depiction of this extraordinary event anywhere else on the net. US Airways flight 1549 made an emergency crash-landing into the Hudson River on Thursday, January 15, 2009. All 155 people on board were brought to safety. The miraculous landing took place after the plane struck at least one bird upon takeoff from New York’s ... Read Full Story

An American Airways Airbus 320 carrying 148 passengers and six crew on a domestic flight crashed into Hudson River off Westside Manhattan minutes after it took off on Friday but all aboard were rescued. Rescue workers and passenger ferries reached the scene within minutes. Passengers shivered in minus 6 degrees Celsius cold as they were plucked from wings and water. All were wearing life jackets and some had wrapped themselves in blankets. First report said that the pilot reported double bird hit but it was not clear whether he was talking about two birds being sucked into one engine or one each in two ... Read Full Story