NEWBURGH, New York (WABC) — New details have been revealed about the small plane that crashed into the Hudson River on Monday night near Newburgh.
The Cessna 172 crashed into the Hudson River east of New York Stewart International Airport in Orange County shortly after 8 p.m.
A flight instructor and a 17-year-old student were practicing touch-and-go landings at Stewart Airport and were starting their return trip to Long Island when the plane lost oil pressure and power.
They were cleared to land at Stewart but realized they wouldn’t make it.
“We going into the Hudson River, I don’t think we are gonna make the airport,” they were heard saying on airport tower audio.
They landed 200 feet from shore and were both able to get themselves out and swim to safety.
Neither person was injured and they refused medical attention, but they were taken to the hospital for observation.
Both the flight instructor and student were treated and released.
Gov. Kathy Hochul referred to the incident as “another Miracle on the Hudson.”
The FAA is investigating the crash.
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