{"id":5135,"date":"2026-07-06T12:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/06\/seaplane-lands-in-new-york-citys-east-river-with-only-minor-injuries-reported\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:52:03","slug":"seaplane-lands-in-new-york-citys-east-river-with-only-minor-injuries-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=5135","title":{"rendered":"Seaplane lands in New York City\u2019s East River with only minor injuries reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-14sl0e4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17l77cs\">\n<figure id=\"976d3b63-1f19-4c96-bfb3-993df32094e5\" class=\"dcr-191xnya\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"an image of a plane in water with boats surrounding it\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/96303bf63c7fd0c5215b9f182c50006b4f29878d\/69_0_1005_804\/master\/1005.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><span class=\"dcr-kogzpx\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-18mnkpm\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1294qmb\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-4sl2vt\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1mfxiaj\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">This image taken from video shows a seaplane after it made a rough landing in New York City&#8217;s East River on 5 July 2026.<\/span> Photograph: @brianmichaelf\/X\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"976d3b63-1f19-4c96-bfb3-993df32094e5\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-qda0hp\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1e9iiy9\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">This image taken from video shows a seaplane after it made a rough landing in New York City&#8217;s East River on 5 July 2026.<\/span> Photograph: @brianmichaelf\/X\/AP<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-ql9l8l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6mja0y\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-l0wuod\">Seaplane lands in New York City\u2019s East River with only minor injuries reported<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1xpojbf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gm5ptv\">\n<p>Seaplane carrying eight people made \u2018hard landing\u2019 and was towed back to dock, according to the fire department<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-x1al2c\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1w2vkyc\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ogvvui\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A seaplane made a rough landing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New York City<\/a>\u2019s East River on Sunday, alarming bystanders and resulting in two minor injuries, according to city authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The seaplane carrying eight people made a \u201chard landing\u201d at about noon, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">New York<\/a> City fire department. The plane made it upright and was towed back to dock, the department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Images shared on social media show a white plane appearing to lean over on its side with the tip of its left wing in the water as a helicopter circled overhead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The local news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/sea-plane-makes-hard-landing-east-river\/19453077\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">WABC<\/a> reported two of the plane\u2019s passengers received treatment for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">One of those passengers, 75-year-old Ada Todd, reportedly told the outlet from the hospital that she remained \u201cin shock, in lots of pain, but happy to be alive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A statement on X from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FAANews\/status\/2073821022239744211\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> the seaplane involved in Sunday\u2019s hard landing was a Kodiak 100. The hard landing by its pilot caused \u201ca swing strut to snap\u201d, and \u201cair traffic control was not providing services to the aircraft\u201d, the FAA said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">CBS News, meanwhile, published a recording of a radio transmission during the moment when a New York police helicopter responded to the rough landing in the river.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cMayday, mayday, mayday \u2013 we have a plane down on the water,\u201d the pilot can be heard saying in the recording. \u201cWe have a plane down on the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The FAA said that it is investigating the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">WABC alluded to reports that the seaplane was coming from the Long Island town of East Hampton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-swayiu\"><span class=\"dcr-1xhbmzr\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-2c03t5\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-p7nd18\">\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/new-york\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/air-transport\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Air transport<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-313bdz\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Seaplane%20lands%20in%20New%20York%20City%E2%80%99s%20East%20River%20with%20only%20minor%20injuries%20reported&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/06\/seaplane-lands-new-york-city-east-river?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-ncybeu\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-19bkree\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fjul%2F06%2Fseaplane-lands-new-york-city-east-river&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/jul\/06\/seaplane-lands-new-york-city-east-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-1c41onw\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-axwinp\"><span class=\"dcr-1ryr20k\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This image taken from video shows a seaplane after it made a rough landing in New York City&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}