Hit Birds, U.S. Airways Aircraft Log In River

NEW YORK - U.S. airline U.S. Airways emergency landing in the Hudson River after a bird strike during take off from the new airport LaGuardia New York Thursday afternoon local time. The aircraft carry 155 passengers.

Officials cited airlines such as CNN, Friday (16/1/2009) states, there is no sacrifice of the soul, but there are 15 passengers who must be brought to the hospital.

Aircraft with flight number 1549 that will fly to Charlotte, North Carolina. According to the federation spokesperson Laura Brown FAA flight aircraft that fly just three minutes before the crash birds.

Source police state New Jersey, said the pilot had time to contact the airport control tower and issued an emergency condition. Meanwhile, U.S. Airways Chief Executive, said too early to conclude the causes of the incident until the National Transportation Safety Board of sending a team to conduct investigations.

"I think at that time passengers can only berdo'a and try to save themselves," said Fred Berretta a passenger. He thinks the plane fall and will be destroyed, but apparently not. "The aircraft landed perfectly, even though the river," he said.

Control tower saw the plane was passing through the bridge Goerge Washington with distance 900 feet before entering the water at 3:31 pm local time. Meanwhile, an eyewitness said Ben Vonklemperer his view events from a 25-storey building. "This is the right decision to enter the plane in the water," he said.