It was an AIRBUS! -Vmann
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212200557.shtml Published: Jan 16, 2009 US Airways Flight 1549 Descent Photo: Airbus Above Hudson River by Jack Ryan US Airways Flight 1549 holding 155 was forced to ditch in the Hudson River yesterday - and all the passengers and crew were rescued from the sinking plane. The Airbus A320, bound for Charlotte, N.C., struck a flock of birds just after takeoff minutes earlier at LaGuardia Airport, apparently disabling both engines. The pilot maneuvered the crippled jetliner and ditched it in the frigid Hudson River. As many as eight ferries and local water taxi services rushed to rescue passengers, some of whom lined up on the half-submerged plane's wings, some wearing yellow life vests, before police boats arrived. FOX News has a larger photo here as well as others from the scene.
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