moorings . Watch a former pilot tell how to water-land a plane '' Workers will be at the site until midnight , rigging the aircraft so it can be lifted out Saturday morning , attached to a barge and moved to a secure location for investigation , Higgins said . Both engines from the Airbus A320 double-engine jet were on the river bottom , after the water landing 's impact apparently detached them from the plane . Authorities are using side-scan sonar to locate the engines , Higgins said . iReport.com : Were you there ? Send images The engines also will be brought in as part of the investigation into what happened , including the possibility of bird strikes . `` I do n't want to characterize anything at this point about this particular accident because we are just at the beginning stages , '' Higgins said , adding that this accident would be the first `` in a very long time '' where possible bird strikes may have been a factor . Watch water wash over the plane '' Meanwhile , passengers , city officials and aviation experts heaped praise on pilot Chesley B. `` Sully '' Sullenberger
NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies are investigating not only what went wrong , but also what went right Thursday when a US Airways flight ended in the Hudson River without any deaths or major injuries . The aircraft remains in the Hudson River on Friday . Workers hope to lift it out Saturday morning . `` Having a successful ditching is a very rare event , '' Kitty Higgins of the NTSB said Friday . `` We 'll not only celebrate what worked here , but also learn what worked . So many times you 're only focused on what went wrong . A lot of things went right yesterday . '' Divers struggled against strong currents and frigid water temperatures to retrieve critical pieces of the puzzle from the Hudson River , where US Airways flight 1549 ended up less than three minutes after it took off from New York 's LaGuardia Airport Thursday afternoon . The flight data and cockpit voice recorders -- both critical to determining exactly what happened -- remained attached to the tail section of the aircraft , which was still partially submerged but secured to