Plane Crash in Hudson near 50th b/c pilot hit flock of geese

everyone appears to be fine, but it's so weird . . .like a real-life promo for "24."

ali r.

true. that pilot saved those people's lives like a real life jack bauer

The plane was headed to CHarlotte, NC. I wonder how many BofA/ Merrill Lynch people were on board.

BofA, Wells workers on downed US Airways flight
By IEVA M. AUGSTUMS

AP Business Writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. say a number of employees of the banks were on board a US Airways plane that crashed into New York's Hudson River.

Wells Fargo spokeswoman Mary Eshet said Thursday that three employees of the San Francisco-based bank were on US Airways Flight 1549, and all are safe.

At Charlotte-based Bank of America, spokeswoman Nicole Nastacie said the nation's largest bank was confirming the whereabouts of its employees and working with authorities to gather more information.

Authorities said the flight headed for Charlotte crashed after striking a bird. Rescuers pulled more than 150 passengers and crew members into boats before the plane sank.

Frickin' birds.

thankfully all are safe.

The birds aren't.

Contrary to the rather poorly worded title of this post, "the pilot" did not hit anything. Birds flew into the plane's engines. At 300 mph, a pilot doesn't "swerve" to avoid a bird like a motorist avoiding a cat in the road. By all accounts the pilot appears to be a hero, being one of the few commercial pilots to ever have made a 100% non-fatal water landing--in a dense population center no less.

Other good news: West side property values will not be affected.

Sorry Kyle! I was in shock. How about if we agree on a mutual collision. I am forever indebted to you for setting me straight.

birds should all be collected and put in a housing project similar to what we do to humans in Americas largest cities

My favorite post-crash interview was dock-side with a survivor who described for a reporter the crew's preparation for ditching and his thoughts as they went down. Reporter for NBC then asked, "What was it like as you hit the water?" The man looked at her like she just escaped a mental institution and replied on air, "It was scary as SH-T! That's what it was like!"

Yeah, Kyle, that was priceless. Some of these reporters ask the most inane questions. I'm amazed that passenger was even able to stand and speak--I'd have shat my pants and become a gibbering idiot for certain.

The pilot deserves a ticker-tape parade.