In January 2009 , US Airways Flight 1549 experienced multiple bird strikes and had to be ditched in the Hudson River after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City . Janis Krums , a passenger on one of the ferries who rushed to help , took a picture of the downed plane as passengers were still evacuating , and tweeted it via TwitPic before traditional media arrived at the scene . The TwitPic service crashed as thousands of people tried to access the photo at the same time . TwitPic also crashed on April 1 , 2009 , as a result of the large number of photos ( and people viewing these photos ) being posted from the G20 protests in London
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549
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