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Old 31st March 2012 | 21:25
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barit1
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#1 engine parted company at touchdown, and that side was more bouyant than the other. When "docked" on the Manhattan waterfront, the right wing slowly sank while the left rode high in the water.

The #1 engine was later recovered from the river bottom.
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