From Wikinews:

US Airways Airbus A320, Flight 1549, has made an emergency landing in the Hudson River after a failed attempt to take off near Manhattan. There were 146 passengers and five crew on the flight to Charlotte from LaGuardia Airport. The plane took off at 3:26 PM EST (UTC-5) and went down minutes later. All aboard survived the landing.

The United States Coast Guard has reported that they have sent units to the scene of the incident, and that a nearby ferry was giving life jackets to survivors. According to witnesses, the plane landed in the river, making a large splash in the water, at a somewhat gradual angle.

"This looked like a controlled descent," said Bob Read, who witnessed the incident from his office.

A source told The Wall Street Journal that the plane initially was maneuvering to make an emergency landing at nearby Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, but lost too much altitude and had to ditch in the river.

Unconfirmed reports are citing the pilot as saying that the plane encountered a flock of geese and that some of them went into each of the jet's engines, leading to a loss of powered flight.

Clearly these terror-geese are an imminent and growing threat to this nation's security and they must be dealt with.

On a lighter note, awesome job by the pilots in attempting to land at other airports and finally landing in the best possible way on the Hudson River. They are truly heroes, having prevented absolutely no loss of life and only minor injuries in such a dangerous situation.

This is pretty neat, its some type of sports-device, branded with the Grand Theft Auto Logo. However, I have no idea how it got here. Actually, that's not completely true. The postman got it for me, but who gave it to him? And why? Can anyone shed some light on this? All I could find was that some places got this as a promotional item along with a press release. There is no reason they would send me that. So what gives?

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