MSNBC is breaking the story on their site.
Kossacks below say that CNN is saying NO CASUALTIES Passenger interviews indicate that there were some injuries.
Certainly many lives were saved by the pilot's excellent water landing.
Consider this an open thread for this incident. I won't speculate on the reason for the crash but will pass along information from the media.
Update You can watch the rescue effort underway looks like the plane is still intact and not on fire. Passing boats rescued passengers from the water.
More info: 148 (had 146 and 164 wrong earlier) Passengers and 5 crew members. Pilot reported a bird strike on takeoff.
Plane was outbound from Laguardia to Charlotte NC, eventual final destination was Seattle, WA.
Cause is tentatively that the plane ran into a flock of geese. Pilot could not regain control.
The plane was an Airbus 320 (sorry I'm not crediting individual Kossacks here supplying the information, but you can scroll down the open thread and get lots of good info as well).
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