Seaplane?

[Ford Fairlane]

Well, riverplane anyway - sounds a bit cold for a cruise. Looks like an amazing escape for passengers on this jet in New York.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/passenger-jet-plunges-into-river-20090116-7ie3.html

Passenger jet plunges into river
January 16, 2009 - 7:58AM

Passengers stand on the wings of a US Airways plane after it landed in the Hudson River in New York. The Airbus, with about 150 passengers and crew on board, had just taken off from La Guardia Airport.
Photo: Reuters


A commuter plane has crashed in New York City's Hudson River and is floating in the water.

Television footage shows passengers standing on the wings of the plane to stay above water. The air temperature in New York is -6 degrees Celsius.

Up to 146 passengers and 5 crew were aboard US Airways flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport in New York to Charlotte, North Carolina.

New York City firefighters, federal transportation officials and an armada of boats are responding to the accident. It is not immediately clear if there are injuries.

"I just thought, 'Why is it so low?' And, splash, it hit the water','' said witness Barbara Sambriski, a researcher at The Associated Press.

The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows, and rescue crews had opened the door and were pulling passengers in yellow life vests from the plane. Several boats surrounded the plane, which appeared to be slowly sinking.

"I saw what appeared to be a tail fin of a plane sticking out of the water,'' said Erica Schietinger, whose office windows at Chelsea Piers look out over the Hudson. ``All the boats have sort of circled the area ... I can't tell what's what at this point.''

 

[Macca19]

I reckon there would have been a fair few people seeing a plane flying low and about to crash and thinking '****...here we go again'