NEW YORK (CNN) -- Emergency officials are responding to a downed

in New York City, according to the city fire and police departments.

The plane entered the water after a failed takeoff, the FAA says.

The FAA confirmed US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 headed from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina, was down in the river following a failed takeoff.

The U.S. Coast Guard said units were also responding, and a ferry on site was dropping life jackets into the water.

The plane approached the water at a gradual angle and made a big splash, according to a witness watching from an office building.

"It wasn't going particularly fast. It was a slow contact with the water that it made," the witness, Ben VonKlemperer, told CNN.

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• 想想今天曼哈顿躲过了场灾难。 -用户名被占用了- ♂ (214 bytes) () 01/15/2009 postreply 13:20:45

• 那班飞机我座过N多次了，路线熟悉得很 -用户名被占用了- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2009 postreply 13:25:44

• NND, 这飞机很右可能从我头上晃过去，可怕。晚上找平常洗桑那！ -用户名被占用了- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2009 postreply 13:24:45

• LG airport is so busy. Everytime I took flight -wxc1204- ♂ (149 bytes) () 01/15/2009 postreply 13:32:12