Air traffic tapes of Hudson plane crash released

Minutes after he reported hitting birds and losing power in both engines, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 calmly told an air traffic controller the plane would ditch into the Hudson River.

"We can't do it," pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger said at 3:29 p.m. on January 15, in response to efforts to land the plane at New Jersey's Teterboro airport, according to a recording released Thursday by the Federal Aviation Administration.

"We're gonna be in the Hudson," Sullenberger said, about three and a half minutes after the Airbus A320 took off from New York's LaGuardia Airport.

"I'm sorry, say again," said the controller, from New York Tracon, a radar facility on Long Island that handles flights after they depart from LaGuardia or Teterboro airports.. Listen to the pilot talk to the controllers

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Israeli cobra army helicopter

An Israeli cobra army helicopter shoots flares over the Gaza Strip on the Israel-Gaza border.

US Airways plane retrieval

Us Airways Plane Lifted off Hudson River. All passengers are reportedly safe.

US Airways plane retrieval from Hudson River.

Taj reopen three weeks after terror siege

An illuminated Taj Mahal Palace during reopening ceremony in Mumbai just three weeks after deadly terror attack.

The Taj Hotel and the Trident hotel, the targets of November 26 terror attacks, reopened on Sunday after three weeks of refurbishment work.
First guests checked in at around 7 pm at the Taj Mahal hotel and its celebrated restaurants and diners thronging the five joints which have been restored to their old glory.

Each of the restaurants received full bookings for the evening, hotel officials said.

The hotel's tower wing reopened 24 days after the terrorists attack on Mumbai and the Taj being the last to be rescued from the three terrorists holed up inside for over two-and-a-half-days.

Making a brief statement to reporters outside the hotel before the reopening, Ratan Tata, chairman of the Indian Hotel Company which owns the Taj hotel chain said, "To us it was a challenge to have the hotel reopened in some form within one month from the attack. We dedicate the restored hotel to those who lost their lives in the event that took place."

Nevado del Huila volcano

Nevado del Huila volcano in activity in Cauca Province. The volcano in southwest Colombia erupted overnight, triggering an avalanche of earth and debris that damaged houses, bridges and crops. Paris hilton was here holydaying atthat time.

Warship to Somalia

Indian warship heading to fight Somalian Pirates.

Hot Air Balloons Festival

Hot air balloons fly over the Palote dam during the 'Hot Air Balloons Festival' in Mexico.