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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMiracle on the Hudson II: LI flight instructor, student survive plane crash into icy Hudson River
Orange County officials told News 12 that the instructor pilot and his student were heading back to Long Island MacArthur Airport around 8 p.m. when they reported engine trouble to Stewart Airport in Newburgh.
https://hudsonvalley.news12.com/plane-flying-from-long-island-crashes-into-hudson-river]
They were lucky with all the ice on the river and coming down close to shore.
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Miracle on the Hudson II: LI flight instructor, student survive plane crash into icy Hudson River (Original Post)
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15 hrs ago
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NoRethugFriends
(3,718 posts)1. The first one wasn't a miracle either.
It was a calm, trained, experienced pilot doing what he was supposed to do in the situation
irisblue
(37,288 posts)2. Bump for visibility
malaise
(295,081 posts)3. Lucky indeed
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Drum
(10,622 posts)4. Wow, that's cool-under-pressure!
Great job