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Historic NY

(39,928 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 02:21 PM 16 hrs ago

Miracle 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) Historic NY 16 hrs ago OP
The first one wasn't a miracle either. NoRethugFriends 16 hrs ago #1
Bump for visibility irisblue 15 hrs ago #2
Lucky indeed malaise 15 hrs ago #3
Wow, that's cool-under-pressure! Drum 14 hrs ago #4

NoRethugFriends

(3,718 posts)
1. The first one wasn't a miracle either.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 02:32 PM
16 hrs ago

It was a calm, trained, experienced pilot doing what he was supposed to do in the situation

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