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U.S. Airways Flight Makes Surprise Landing In The Hudson [US Airways]
Consumerist —
... meaning a bird may have entered the engine, causing a malfunction." The flight was destined for Seattle by way of Charlotte. A photo uploaded to Twitter shows people escaping from the A320 onto the wings and inflatable rafts. The AP reports that New York City firefighters are on the way to pluck the passengers out of the freezing water before the plane sinks. US Airways Plane Crashes Into Hudson River [WCBS] US Airways plane goes down in Hudson River [AP] (Photo: AlleyInsider )
Plane crash in NYC captured on real-time web
Scobleizer —
... Twitter and friendfeed, about 50 minutes ago, erupted with info about a plane crash in NYC.
One of the first photos (as reported on Silicon Alley Insider) was made by Janis Krums on his iPhone and posted to Twitter. He was on one of the first ferries to get to the scene, just minutes after the crash.
When I started doing Twitter searches for the word “plane” there were about two tweets every 10 seconds coming in. Within minutes that went up to 200 to 400 Tweets every few seconds.
There were tons of first-person accounts ...
Hudson Plane Crash & Obama Show Social Media Legitimacy
WebProNews Feed —
... about a plane crash in the Hudson River, and best I can tell, Twitterers on the scene were first to report on this ( photos and all). I checked various big name news sources for info about the plane crash after seeing a Tweet about it, and could not find any info. It's all there now of course. ...
Citizen Journalism +1
The Agitator —
Photo posted to Twitter moments ago of the plane that just landed on the Hudson River.
Good news is, there appear to be no injuries or deaths.
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Citizen photo of Hudson plane crash shows Web's reporting power
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
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This may be among the most striking instances yet of instant citizen reporting, a trend that was visible in the Mumbai terror attacks and has come to use the micro-blogging service Twitter as its main conduit for hyperfast transmission of info-snippets and photographs. In this this case, it was possible through the iPhone, an all-in-one communications device that can capture and send images in no time.
Hat tip Silicon Alley Insider.
-- David Sarno
Photo credit: Janis Krums via ...
Janis Krums Of Sarasota Posts First Photo Of U.S. Airways 1549 and Twitters It
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
... About 34 minutes after he posted the photo, MSNBC interview him live on TV as a witness to the incident. Fortunately everyone is reported alive after the accident. Although the picture is no longer available from Krum’s tweet, Silicon Alley Insider was able to save it: ...
Photo of Hudson River plane crash takes down TwitPic
Webware.com —
... According to Noah Everett, the founder of TwitPic, who still runs the service by himself, after the photo of the plane was re-tweeted by a large number of people and then picked up by several news sites, including Silicon Alley Insider, the resulting traffic was too much for the site's servers. ...
First photo of Hudson air crash surfaces on Twitter
Tech Digest —
... to Twitter. The photographer was one Janis Krums, and he was on one of the ferries used to rescue the passengers from the stricken plane. Although you could say he was in the right place at the right time, the quality of the photo is pretty damn good as well - well framed, and with plenty of detail. On a side note, though - you've got to wonder if it's the first class passengers that are on the raft, while the economy plebs have to stand on the wing... Twitpic (via Silicon Alley Insider) Related posts: Twadio - silent radio station launches on ...
It's About People, Not Technology
A VC —
... Dan Frommer has a post up on Techmeme this morning where he talks about the great citizen journalism that produced this photo yesterday. ...
Linkpost | 1.16.2009
TechBlog —
... • U.S. Airways Crash Rescue Picture: Citizen Journalism, Twitter At Work - Once again, Twitter becomes valuable during a major news story, along with the iPhone. Also ...
Twitter Add-On TweetDeck Raises Seed Funding
mocoNews —
... Yesterday, Twitter received national attention after the first pics of the Hudson River plane crash were found on the microblogging site before traditional media had time to report it, so perhaps it's only fitting that yet another Twitter add-on is saying today that it has raised a round of funding—even though both Twitter and the startup have no revenue streams to speak of. TweetDeck, which offers free software to help people organize their Twitter streams, has raised the first tranche ...
Ustream Goes Mobile With iPhone App
Wired: Epicenter —
... Now that the flood gate has been open however, we should expect to see more of these apps popping up. Will 2009 be the year mobile livestreaming really takes off? Imagine if there was live footage of breaking news events like Thursday’s US Airways crash, instead of just a photo (which was still an excellent example of the power of citizen journalism). ...
Twitter Add-On TweetDeck Raises Seed Funding
paidContent —
... Yesterday, Twitter received national attention after the first pics of the Hudson River plane crash were found on the microblogging site before traditional media had time to report it, so perhaps it's only fitting that yet another Twitter add-on is saying today that it has raised a round of funding—even though both Twitter and the startup have no revenue streams to speak of. ...
