They landed 200 feet from shore and were both able to get themselves out and swim to safety.
The single-engine plane that crashed into the Hudson River Monday night was a Long Island training flight that suffered engine failure and had to make a daredevil landing on floating ice, police said.
The single-engine Cessna 172 went down after experiencing mechanical trouble during a training flight that began on Long Island, according to New York State Police.
The two men, both from Long Island, swam about 50 feet to shore in icy water after their dramatic landing Monday night.
A customer flew in from Hattiesburg, Mississippi for a quick turn on fuel, then flew to Henderson, Nevada in his Beech 200 King Air prop jet.
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