紐約飛機水上迫降新聞分析之三

飛機的左側發動機發生了問題，迫降後已經不在飛機上，而右側發動機仍在飛機上麵。

所以，到底是兩台發動機都熄火，還是隻有一台發動機熄火，疑問仍在。

"It was about three minutes into the flight that the left engine blew just in front of where I was sitting," said the 31-year-old from Connecticut, who was in seat 22A of the Airbus A320. "There was a lot of fire coming out and we dropped 100 feet or so very quickly."

Dave Sanderson told CBS News the plane was only in the air for six minutes before it hit the water. He said: "The pilot gets all the credit. I heard the explosion and saw the flames under the wing. We started coming down pretty quick. It was a pretty significant hit."

Federal investigators said Saturday that the right engine of US Airways Flight 1549 is still attached to the plane, contradicting their earlier statements that it broke off after the aircraft hit the water.