US Air a/c crashes in NY.

[NickN]

Judging by the ABC news film clip they are towing the plane down the river.... I assume this would to to assist in keeping it afloat and not let it sink?

[Andrew P]

Originally Posted by NickN

Judging by the ABC news film clip they are towing the plane down the river.... I assume this would to to assist in keeping it afloat and not let it sink?

no its is floating down the river with the current

any bets how long it before it sinks??

[David M]

When everything goes wrong... an outcome like that is amazing!

A great shot indeed AJ. I'd bet there would have been plenty of people witnessing the entire event, so I'm sure a fair amount of video and images to come.

David.M.

[Marty H]

Originally Posted by Andrew P

no its is floating down the river with the current

any bets how long it before it sinks??

Reports are they have run a cable through the doors from tugs boats to keep it afloat and are pulling it closer to shore.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE1549

[Joseph D]

Hats off to the pilots for the ditching and to the crew and rescuers for the quick evacuation.

Quite amazing images really. I can't recall any other airliner ditching in water and remaining intact. It might be a first.