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Coast Guard Responds to Plane in Hudson River Plane Crashed in Hudson River, Coast Guard Says
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A plane was in the Hudson River on Friday, and the Coast Guard was sending vessels in response to reports that the aircraft was in an area off West 79th Street in Manhattan, a spokesman said. A plane was in the Hudson River on Friday, and emergency crews were responding to an area off West 79th Street in Manhattan, officials said.
The spokesman, Petty Officer Frank Iannazzo-Simmons, said it was not clear how many vessels were being sent to the scene. He said other agencies were also responding. The Coast Guard was sending vessels, said a spokesman, Petty Officer Frank Iannazzo-Simmons.
The New York Fire Department said that it had sent marine units, but that it appeared the episode was unfolding closer to New Jersey. He said officials believed there was only one person aboard the plane. Police Department divers entered the water at 7:54 p.m., and the Coast Guard had four vessels at the scene.
The New York Fire Department said that it had sent marine units, but that it appeared the episode was unfolding closer to the New Jersey side of the river.
Frank Pijuan, 53, who was walking parallel to the river on the Manhattan side with a friend, said that he had seen a plane approaching from the West Side of Manhattan and that it was flying low.
He said he thought that the plane, which he described as old and small, was doing acrobatic stunts. “Then it disappeared,” he said.
Kate Harris of Manhattan said she was jogging near 79th Street along the river and saw numerous fire trucks, ambulances and police officers at the site. Emergency crews were putting on diving gear and helicopters were over the site. She said it was a “very intense scene, but they seemed to have it under control.”