Flight 1549 Ready for Removal from the Hudson River

On Friday, US Airlines 1549 still sat in the frozen brown Hudson River where a huge red and white crane was poised ready to haul it out of the water. The plane was supposed to have been taken from the water earlier in the day; placed on a barge and taken to a secret location. However, as of 8.30 p.m. the plane was still frozen in place.
The Airbus A320 has been tethered to pier17 in Battery Park City ever since it landed in the Hudson on Wednesday afternoon. Kitty Higgins from the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters that the right engine was still attached to the wing of the plane - it was feared that both engines were sheared off in the crash. Federal Aviation officials will need the engines to confirm if a flock of geese were responsible for the accident.
The only people milling around Battery Park City this afternoon were New York City Police officers who oversaw the numerous television reporters and cameramen on hand. Some tourists turned up to take photographs of the plane’s white wing tip as it stuck out of the water, like a drowning man’s hand.