UnitedStates Airways A320 AirBus Crash Lands in River Hudson

US Airways flight number 1549 from Laguardia to Charlotte went down around 3:30 p.m., crashing in the Hudson River near 57th Street in New York City. The plane is floating and rescuers are on the scene; it looks as if most of the 148 passengers and crew are being rescued via life rafts. On the news, US Airways stock was (surprisingly) up 16 cents to $7.55.
About 30 to 45 seconds after the takeoff, as he climbed to the assigned altitude, the pilot reported the bird strikes and asked to go back to LaGuardia right away. Church said the pilot apparently meant that birds had hit both of the plane's jet engines.
The controller gave him the heading for a return to LaGuardia and told him Runway 13 was available for him to land there.
As the pilot began to follow those orders over northern New Jersey, he looked down, saw an airstrip and asked, "What airport is that?"
The controller replied: "That's Teterboro."
The pilot said he wanted to land there.
The controller then gave instructions to divert the aircraft to Teterboro's Runway 1 for an emergency landing.
And that was the last radio contact between the controller and pilot. Church estimated by that point the aircraft might have reached about 5,000 feet.