American airline transport pilot (ATP) Chesley Burnett 'Sully' Sullenberger III, who was responsible for carrying out the emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, offshore from Manhattan,...
Gerry McNamara was a passenger on Flight 1549 that crashed in the Hudson River in New York on January 15 earlier this year. Well now an e-mail has surfaced that was sent from Gerry McNamara desdribing what it was...
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Latest updates below initial report: I am watching the ongoing rescue of two aircraft, one tour helicopter and a small plane collide over the Hudson River. There weren't any explosion, but seeing the helicopter...
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This year, Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks moves to the Hudson River in honor of Henry Hudson’s voyage 400 years ago. New Yorkers who are living on the West Side and along the Hudson River are...
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The cockpit 'black box' recordings taken from US Airways flight 1549 that crashed into the Hudson River last month were released Thursday. The tapes have the now-famous Captain Chesley Sullenberger's voice telling...
Engines from the US Airways Airbus 340 that made an emergency landing in New York's Hudson River in January were sent to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington for testing to determine the cause of the malfunction,...
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'Plane had engine problems two days before' - That what investigators are saying about the plane that crashed into the Hudson River in New York City last week. The investigators have also confirmed a double bird...
Contrary to news accounts that have circulated since Thursday, new photographic evidence offered by Lazlo Kovacs reveals that 57-year-old airline pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III was not responsible for safely landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River. A...
US Airways Flight 1549 has come down in the frigid Hudson River in New York. All 155 people on board are believed to have escaped the downed plane in what the New York governor described as a "miracle on the...
Commercial aircraft rarely make water landings, but it does happen. A US Airways flight landed in the Hudson River today, and it is believed that no passengers were seriously hurt. The plane, and Airbus...
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" George Clooney and a companion were injured on Friday when their motorcycle collided with a car on a narrow road across the Hudson River from New York City.
Clooney suffered a broken rib and scrapes while his passenger, Sarah Larson, broke her foot in the 3:30 p.m....
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A powerful, mysterious smell of gas wafted through much of Manhattan and parts of New Jersey on Monday, forcing building evacuations and a temporary suspension of commuter train service before dissipating by mid-afternoon.
Officials were quick to stress that the odor was not...
New York officials evacuated a number of buildings and shut down some trains
after a mysterious gaslike odor was reported Monday.
A New York Police Department spokesman said an air quality test determined
that the air is not hazardous, and the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Ever wonder why the city is called the big apple? Well, I learned the answer to that question and many more interesting facts about the city I've lived in for 10 years now all from a wonderful three-hour cruise of...
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