After examining the  downed jetliner, Flight 1549, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have released a statement stating, “What appears to be organic material was found in the right engine and on the wings and fuselage.”

Samples of the “organic material” are being sent to the Department of Agriculture for DNA analysis.It is also being reported that there has been a feather found on one of the wings. The feather is being sent to the Smithsonian Institution for further identification by experts.

The left engine that seperated from the airliner has been found and is on the bottom of the river; near where the airliner landed. It is to be raised out of the water on Thursday.

The pilot, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, made an emergency landing into New York’s Hudson River last Thursday. The plane had only reached 3,200 feet altitude when it collided with the birds.

All 155 passengers and crew members of Flight 1549 survived the impact of the crash when it landed in the water.