Plane crashes into Hudson River in New York as footage present it sinking into icy water
Two people were on board the Cessna 172 when it went down into the icy Hudson River, close to New York Stewart International Airport during an emergency landing
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A plane has plunged into an icy river as shocking images show the aircraft gradually disappearing beneath the icy waters. Two people were aboard the Cessna 172 when it came down in the Hudson River, near New York Stewart International Airport during an emergency landing.
Miraculously, the pilot and the passenger survived. The small plane departed from Long Island before crashing down near the southbound side of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge.
A spokesperson for Long Island MacArthur Airport in the Town of Islip confirmed to News 12 the Cessna that took off from its runways crashed in the river north of New Windsor.
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Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said the plane lost power and that a 911 call came in around 8:08 p.m. Neuhaus said two people were on board and were rescued from the river.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an X post the pilot and passenger were treated for minor injuries. She wrote: “Another miracle on the Hudson. Thank God both the pilot and passenger of a single engine plane that performed an ice landing near Newburgh have been located with only minor injuries. Grateful to our first responders for their quick actions.”
Neuhaus also said that the plane is slowly sinking and that the coastguard is trying to recover the wreckage.
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