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Hudson River plane crash: Pilot failed to revive engine, NTSB investigator says

Originally published: January 30, 2013 12:36 PM
Updated: January 30, 2013 5:04 PM
By KEN SCHACHTER AND TIMOTHY O'CONNOR  kenneth.schachter@cablevision.com

An Army Corps of Engineers boat cruises the

Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | An Army Corps of Engineers boat cruises the Hudson River off Yonkers in the general vicinity of a plane that crashed Sunday evening. (Jan. 29, 2013)

The pilot of the plane that plunged into the icy waters of the Hudson River Sunday tried in vain to restore power as the plane's engine sputtered and eventually forced her to ditch the plane in the river, a federal aviation investigator said Wednesday.

Ralph Hicks, senior air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, said that the pilot, Deniece de Priester Kok, reported...

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