Plane crash investigators will today attempt to recover the wreckage of a passenger jet that plummeted into New York’s Hudson River, miraculously leaving no-one seriously hurt.

The pilot who miraculously landed a plane on New York’s Hudson River without any loss of life was today coming to terms with his new-found hero status.

The Mayor of New York tonight predicted the power blackout which has swept across the state would be ended in “hours, not minutes”.

The Mayor of New York says part of the city has been left looking like a war zone by the terrorist attacks.