Reuters reports that a small plane carrying more than a dozen people has splashed down intact into the Hudson River near Manhattan. Via US News
The first news came from, guess what? Not CNN but Twitter!
You can see the actual photo from where the news came. It was posted by jkrums.
This is his photo and the actual URL on where it was posted:
In just a few hours, that page already reached 91,000 views (as I am typing this). This is a sample work of modern technology + online media combined.
Going back, the pilot was a hero. The captain, named last night as
Chesley Sullenberger, has 29 years' experience with commercial airlines and is a former US airforce fighter pilot. Most tourists and people around that area said that they thought it was a seaplane landing! There was a loud bang 40 seconds after the take off. Both engines failed and the other was on fire after it hitting a flock of geese.
An air incident investigator, David Gleave, told the BBC that the incident was "quite remarkable, but not unique". He said if both engines of the plane had failed, the aircraft would become like a "glider".
Another hero is the crew and the captain of Thomas Jefferson, a 95-foot long ferry. Their response time was 2 minutes.(News here from
NJ.com )
For more details about the crash -
http://www.guardian.co.uk
