Updated: 18:03, Friday, 16 January 2009
A US Airways plane carrying 155 people crashed into New York's Hudson River yesterday, but all on board had a miraculous escape.
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Passengers stand on the wings of US Airways Flight 1549
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Plane crashed after take off from La Guardia Airport
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155 passengers and crew on the flight were evacuated
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Rescue and ferry boats surround the crashed Airways Airbus A320
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Reports of a large flock of birds in the area
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A passenger is carried out on a stretcher from a Hudson River terminal
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaking to the media
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Plane landed safely on the Hudson River, which is on the West Side of Manhattan
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Former fighter pilot was praised by survivors and officials