the plane that crashed in the hudson was located at washington, d. c.
where is the plane that crashed in the hudson?
washington, d. c.
united flight 93 was scheduled to depart at 8:00am, but the boeing 757 did not depart until 42 minutes later due to runway traffic delays. 4 minutes later, american airlines flight 11 crashed into the world trade center's north tower. 17 minutes later, at 9:03 am, as united airlines flight 175 crashed into the south tower, united 93 was climbing to cruising altitude, heading west over new jersey and into pennsylvania. at 9:25 am, flight 93 was above eastern ohio, and its pilot radioed cleveland controllers to inquire about an alert that had been flashed on his cockpit computer screen to "beware of cockpit intrusion." three minutes later, cleveland controllers could hear screams over the cockpit's open microphone. moments later, the hijackers, led by the lebanese ziad samir jarrah, took over the plane's controls, disengaged the autopilot, and told passengers, "keep remaining sitting. we have a bomb on board." beamer and the other passengers were herded into the back of the plane. the curtain between first class and economy class had been drawn, at which point beamer saw the pilot and co-pilot lying dead on the floor just outside the curtain, their throats having been cut, as a flight attendant informed him. within six minutes, the plane changed course and was heading for washington, d.c.. several of the passengers made phone calls to loved ones, who informed them about the two planes that had crashed into the world trade center in new york city and the third into the pentagon in arlington county, virginia. beamer tried to place a credit card call through a phone located on the back of a plane seat, but was routed to a customer-service representative, who passed him on to gte airphone supervisor lisa jefferson. with fbi agents listening in on their call, beamer informed jefferson that hijackers had taken over united 93, that one passenger had been killed, and mentioned the dead pilots. he also stated that two of the hijackers had knives, and that one appeared to have a bomb strapped around his waist. when the hijackers veered the plane sharply south, beamer exclaimed, "we're going down! we're going down!"
todd beamer
also off okinawa, "hudson" became known as the "destroyer that saved a carrier". on 4 may a kamikaze pilot crashed into the escort carrier "sangamon" (cve-26). "hudson" steered for the fiercely blazing carrier. despite the exploding ammunition on the drifting carrier, the destroyer was able to go alongside three times, getting a total of 16 hoses over the side. the overhanging flight deck of the carrier caused extensive damage to "hudson"'s superstructure as burning debris and a flaming plane jettisoned by "sangamon"s crew crashed into "hudson"s depth charges on the fantail, causing some damage. when the fires were finally under control, "hudson" had suffered damage equal to that of the kamikaze plane's victim, though the carrier had been saved with only a small loss of life and was ordered to guam for repairs on 10 may.
uss hudson (dd-475)