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By Los Angeles Times

On the 15th of January 2009, the flight 1549, Airbus A320 takes off at 3h26pm from New York airport. 150 passengers are on board. Two minutes after taking off, while it was flying over the Bronx, the pilot reports that some swans are trapped in the jets. Passengers said they felt an increase of power; they saw flames and smelt a fuel odor. The airport of Teterboro, in the suburb of New York, is visible and the pilot decides to land. But, a little bit after, while he was flying over Manhattan, the plane goes down and manages to land to land on the water without big damages. The doors are open and passengers can go out though. The back of the plane is submerged, going out through this part is, though, impossible. Passengers gather on the wings and on the slices, anticipated in case of need of evacuation, which had become rafts.
Coast guard arrived fast and everyone was drained off safe.

Tags: airport, crash, emergency landing, flight 1549, New York, plane, safe, US airways

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