The Brief
- A flight instructor and his 17-year-old student survived after their Cessna 172 lost engine power and made an emergency landing in the icy Hudson River on Monday night.
- The pilot reported a total loss of oil pressure to air traffic control and, unable to reach a runway, guided the plane down onto an ice-covered stretch of river about 200 feet from shore.
- Both occupants escaped the sinking aircraft and swam roughly 50 feet through frigid water to safety, where they were treated for hypothermia and later released from the hospital.
NEW YORK – A flight instructor and his student survived after their small plane lost engine power and made an emergency landing in the icy Hudson River on Monday night, authorities said.
They swam about 50 feet to shore after the crash.
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