Plane lands in Hudson River and saves Thousands of Lives, in the plane and on land.

US Airways flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River just after takeoff this afternoon.

 

The plane was en route from Laguardia to Charlotte, North Carolina. U.S. Coast Guard units responded immediately, and a nearby ferry helped by dropping life jackets into the river.



The plane did not sink immediately; many passengers were able to escape on to U.S. Coast Guard boats alongside the aircraft. With over 150 people on baord the plane, the officials confirmed that everyone is alive and off the plane.





Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries.