A small plane attempting an emergency landing crashed into the frigid Hudson River, where the pilot and a passenger escaped the wreckage and safely swam to shore, authorities said. The crash occurred Monday night, shortly after the single-engine Cessna 172 took off from Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Two people were injured after a fire broke out on board a United Airlines flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. United Flight 32 was headed from Japan to the Philippines when flames erupted in the aircraft's cargo hold just 50 minutes into the trip. The plane carrying 142 passengers and crew was still over Japan when its pilots turned back and landed at Kansai airport near Osaka around 6am ET.
Pilot Anastasia Vournas noticed the plane's engine sputtering and losing power before it gave out, she told independent video news agency Key News Network. At that point, Vournas knew the flight wouldn't make it to its intended destination of Whiteman Airport in Pacoima, so she searched for a spot to make an emergency landing and brought the plane down in a watermelon field.
